package hack import ( "reflect" "unsafe" ) // no copy to change slice to string // use your own risk func String(b []byte) (s string) { pbytes := (*reflect.SliceHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&b)) pstring := (*reflect.StringHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&s)) pstring.Data = pbytes.Data pstring.Len = pbytes.Len return } // no copy to change string to slice // use your own risk func Slice(s string) (b []byte) { pbytes := (*reflect.SliceHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&b)) pstring := (*reflect.StringHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&s)) pbytes.Data = pstring.Data pbytes.Len = pstring.Len pbytes.Cap = pstring.Len return }