Refactor bytesutil, add support for go1.20 slice to array conversions #11838
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What does this PR do? Why is it needed?
This PR adds early support for go1.20 slice to array conversions. Also see go1.20 notes
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Benchmark results indicate a significant reduction in conversions.
Tested with gotip @
go version devel go1.20-db36eca Thu Dec 29 23:36:05 2022 +0000 linux/amd64
This is a very high traffic method in Prysm and performance improvements could come in during epoch processing and other high impact workloads.