// // Copyright 2015 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
// package strings
// // Compare returns an integer comparing two strings lexicographically.
// // The result will be 0 if a == b, -1 if a < b, and +1 if a > b.
// //
// // Compare is included only for symmetry with package bytes.
// // It is usually clearer and always faster to use the built-in
// // string comparison operators ==, <, >, and so on.
// func Compare(a, b string) int {
// // NOTE(rsc): This function does NOT call the runtime cmpstring function,
// // because we do not want to provide any performance justification for
// // using strings.Compare. Basically no one should use strings.Compare.
// // As the comment above says, it is here only for symmetry with package bytes.
// // If performance is important, the compiler should be changed to recognize
// // the pattern so that all code doing three-way comparisons, not just code
// // using strings.Compare, can benefit.
// if a == b {
// return 0
// }
// if a < b {
// return -1
// }
// return +1
// }