)

// Equal reports whether a and b
// are the same length and contain the same bytes.
// A nil argument is equivalent to an empty slice.
func Equal(a, b []byte) bool {
	// Neither cmd/compile nor gccgo allocates for these string conversions.
	return string(a) == string(b)
}

// Compare returns an integer comparing two byte slices lexicographically.
// The result will be 0 if a == b, -1 if a < b, and +1 if a > b.