Dave Cheney • 5/9/2020

Ensmallening Go binaries by prohibiting comparisons

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This technical article explains how Go's equality and comparison semantics impact binary size. It details how struct padding and compiler-generated equality functions increase binary size, and demonstrates how using the `comparable` type constraint or `func(){}` field to prohibit comparisons can lead to smaller executables.

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