Function sz_string_equal

include/stringzilla/small_string.h:270–289

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SZ_PUBLIC sz_bool_t sz_string_equal(sz_string_t const *a, sz_string_t const *b) {
    // Fast path for self-comparison
    if (a == b) return sz_true_k;
    // Tempting to say that the external.length is bitwise the same even if it includes
    // some bytes of the on-stack payload, but we don't at this writing maintain that invariant.
    // (An on-stack string includes noise bytes in the high-order bits of external.length. So do this
    // the hard/correct way.

#if SZ_USE_MISALIGNED_LOADS
    // Dealing with StringZilla strings, we know that the `start` pointer always points
    // to a word at least 8 bytes long. Therefore, we can compare the first 8 bytes at once.

#endif
    // Alternatively, fall back to byte-by-byte comparison.
    sz_ptr_t a_start, b_start;
    sz_size_t a_length, b_length;
    sz_string_range(a, &a_start, &a_length);
    sz_string_range(b, &b_start, &b_length);
    return (sz_bool_t)(a_length == b_length && sz_equal(a_start, b_start, b_length));
}

SZ_PUBLIC sz_ordering_t sz_string_order(sz_string_t const *a, sz_string_t const *b) {
#if SZ_USE_MISALIGNED_LOADS