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# go4.org/intern [![Go Reference](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/go4.org/intern.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/go4.org/intern)
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## What
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Package intern lets you make smaller comparable values by boxing a larger comparable value (such as a string header) down into a single globally unique pointer.
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Docs: https://pkg.go.dev/go4.org/intern
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## Status
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This package is mature and stable. However, it depends on the implementation details of the Go runtime. Use with care.
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This package is a core, low-level package with no substantive dependencies.
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We take code review, testing, dependencies, and performance seriously, similar to Go's standard library or the golang.org/x repos.
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## Motivation
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Package intern was initially created for [package inet.af/netaddr](https://pkg.go.dev/inet.af/netaddr).
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