}

const (
	stringSymPrefix  = "go:string."
	stringSymPattern = ".gostring.%d.%s"
)

// shortHashString converts the hash to a string for use with stringSymPattern.
// We cut it to 16 bytes and then base64-encode to make it even smaller.
func shortHashString(hash []byte) string {
	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(hash[:16])
}

// StringSym returns a symbol containing the string s.