cmd/compile: reorder how slicelit initializes a slice
func f(x, y, z *int) {
a := []*int{x,y,z}
...
}
We used to use:
var tmp [3]*int
a := tmp[:]
a[0] = x
a[1] = y
a[2] = z
Now we do:
var tmp [3]*int
tmp[0] = x
tmp[1] = y
tmp[2] = z
a := tmp[:]
Doesn't sound like a big deal, but the compiler has trouble
eliminating write barriers when using the former method because it
doesn't know that the slice points to the stack. In the latter
method, the compiler knows the array is on the stack and as a result
doesn't emit any write barriers.
This turns out to be extremely common when building ... args, like
for calls fmt.Printf.
Makes go binaries ~1% smaller.
Doesn't have a measurable effect on the go1 fmt benchmarks,
unfortunately.