简短的回答
它将切片容量四舍五入以填充分配的内存块.
答案很长
我们来看看Go1.5.1源代码:
s := l1
if n := len(l1) + len(l2) - cap(s); n > 0 {
s = growslice_n(s, n)
}
s = s[:len(l1)+len(l2)]
memmove(&s[len(l1)], &l2[0], len(l2)*sizeof(T))
更进一步,我们发现:
newcap := old.cap
if newcap+newcap < cap {
newcap = cap
} else {
for {
if old.len < 1024 {
newcap += newcap
} else {
newcap += newcap / 4
}
if newcap >= cap {
break
}
}
}
/* [...] */
capmem := roundupsize(uintptr(newcap) * uintptr(et.size))
newcap = int(capmem / uintptr(et.size))
// Returns size of the memory block that mallocgc will allocate if you ask for the size.
func roundupsize(size uintptr) uintptr {
if size < _MaxSmallSize {
if size <= 1024-8 {
return uintptr(class_to_size[size_to_class8[(size+7)>>3]])
} else {
return uintptr(class_to_size[size_to_class128[(size-1024+127)>>7]])
}
}
if size+_PageSize < size {
return size
}
return round(size, _PageSize)
}
When growing slice take into account size of the allocated memory block.