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How Go Deletes Your Bounds Checks: The Facts Table That Proves i < len(s)

Oct 21, 2026 17 min read Jay Hubbert

The SSA prove pass tracks relations between values in signed, unsigned and pointer domains, propagates numeric limits, and folds IsInBounds to true so the bounds check disappears.

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