perfect clone slice and its cap

[fasknifer]

package main

import "fmt"

func CloneSlice(a []int) []int {
	return append(a[:0:0], a...)
}

func main() {
	a := make([]int, 3, 5)
	b := CloneSlice(a)
	fmt.Printf("cap of a is %v\n", cap(a))
	fmt.Printf("cap of b is %v\n", cap(b))
}

the result:
cap of a is 5
cap of b is 4

Is there a way to perfectly clone slice and its cap? (in short form)

A known but not short way:

func CloneSlice(a []int) []int {
	if nil == a {
		return nil
	}
	b := make([]int, len(a), cap(a))
	copy(b, a)
	return b
}

[zigo101]

Ah, I haven't found a way to clone a slice and assure the result slice has the same capacity with the cloned slice. But I have a way to assure the capacity of the result slice is larger than the cloned slice.

b := append(a[:0:0], a[:cap(a)]...)[:len(a)]

If you do want the capacity of the result slice is exactly the same as the cloned slice, then you can use the following line, though I recommend the above one over the following line, for the following line is some kind of memory leaking.

	b := append(a[:0:0], a[:cap(a)]...)[:len(a):cap(a)]

[zigo101]

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