Use the copy function rather than a loop.

R=r
CC=golang-dev
http://codereview.appspot.com/882047

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/doc/effective_go.html b/doc/effective_go.html
index ce5fcb99d..415ae0962 100644
--- a/doc/effective_go.html
+++ b/doc/effective_go.html
@@ -1070,10 +1070,8 @@ func Append(slice, data[]byte) []byte {
     if l + len(data) > cap(slice) {  // reallocate
         // Allocate double what's needed, for future growth.
         newSlice := make([]byte, (l+len(data))*2)
-        // Copy data (could use bytes.Copy()).
-        for i, c := range slice {
-            newSlice[i] = c
-        }
+        // The copy function is predeclared and works for any slice type.
+        copy(newSlice, slice)
         slice = newSlice
     }
     slice = slice[0:l+len(data)]