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Review: golang-github-charlievieth-strcase 0.0.5-2

Package Information

DescriptionCase-insensitive implementation of Go's strings package (library)

Package strcase (/) and bytcase (/bytcase/README.md) are case- insensitive and Unicode aware implementations of the Go standard library's strings (https://pkg.go.dev/strings) and bytes (https://pkg.go.dev/bytes) packages that are accurate, fast, and never allocate memory.

Simple Unicode case-folding is used for all comparisons. This matches the behavior of strings.EqualFold (https://pkg.go.dev/strings#EqualFold) and regexp.Regexp (https://pkg.go.dev/regexp#Regexp) (when the pattern is compiled with the case-insensitive flag (?i)) and is more accurate (and significantly more efficient) than using strings.ToLower (https://pkg.go.dev/strings#ToLower) or strings.ToUpper (https://pkg.go.dev/strings#ToUpper) to normalize the needle / haystack before searching.

Note: The bytcase package is analogous to the strcase package; whatever applies to strcase also applies to bytcase. For simplicity, the documentation primarily refers to strcase. Unless otherwise noted, all comments apply to both packages.

Overview

* Drop-in replacement for the strings (https://pkg.go.dev/strings) and bytes (https://pkg.go.dev/bytes) packages that provides Unicode aware case-insensitive matching. * Simple Unicode case-folding is used for all comparisons - making it more accurate than using strings.ToLower (https://pkg.go. dev/strings#ToLower) or strings.ToUpper (https://pkg.go.dev/strings#ToUpper) for case- insensitivity. * Any string matched by strcase or bytcase will also match with strings.EqualFold (https://pkg.go.dev/strings#EqualFold) or bytes.EqualFold (https://pkg.go.dev/bytes#EqualFold) * Fast and optimized for amd64 and arm64. For non-pathological inputs strcase is only 25-50% slower than the strings package. * On average strcase/bytcase are 25x faster than using than using a case-insensitive regexp.Regexp (https://pkg.go.dev/regexp#Regexp) (see the below benchmarks section).

MaintainerDebian Go Packaging Team <team+pkg-go@tracker.debian.org>
Changed ByStephen Gelman <ssgelm@debian.org>
Sponsorssgelm@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureall
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/go-team/packages/golang-github-charlievieth-strcase.git (browse)
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/golang-github-charlievieth-strcase
Uploaded5 months, 11 days ago

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Distributionsid
DateTue, 24 Feb 2026 19:19:08 -0600
Sourcegolang-github-charlievieth-strcase
Version0.0.5-2
Changed-ByStephen Gelman
Architectureall
Changelog
golang-github-charlievieth-strcase (0.0.5-2) unstable; urgency=medium
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   * Add missing copyright for internal/bytealg
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Sectiongolang
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listgolang-github-charlievieth-strcase-dev deb golang optional arch=all
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Source: https://github.com/charlievieth/strcase
Upstream-Name: strcase
Upstream-Contact: Charlie Vieth <charlie.vieth@gmail.com>

Files: *
Copyright: 2022 Charlie Vieth <charlie.vieth@gmail.com>
License: Expat

Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2026 Stephen Gelman <ssgelm@debian.org>
License: Expat
Comment: Debian packaging is licensed under the same terms as upstream

Files: internal/bytealg/*
Copyright: 2009 The Go Authors
License: BSD-3-clause

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Review Information

accepted — allocated to awm 5 months, 11 days ago, started 5 months, 11 days ago, completed 5 months, 11 days ago.

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