It is possible to reduce the capacity of a slice by using the full slice expression (https://golang.org/ref/spec#Slice_expressions).
Now consider the following code where a is a 1MB slice. I then create b, a slice of a, but with a much smaller capacity. Finally, I change the value of a so that only b refers to the slice element storage. a := make([]byte, 1000000) b := b[:3:3] a = nil Will the garbage collector be able to recover the inaccessible space in the slice element storage ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/1c984e3f-eb86-49b8-be00-34a99f9f2551%40googlegroups.com.
