protoc-gen-go-equal is a protobuf plugin that generates Equal methods
go get github.com/melias122/protoc-gen-go-equal@latest
proto.Equal vs generated Equal
name old time/op new time/op delta
EqualWithSmallEmpty-16 885ns ± 1% 3ns ±31% -99.65% (p=0.016 n=4+5)
EqualWithIdenticalPtrEmpty-16 7.96ns ±37% 2.51ns ±33% -68.44% (p=0.008 n=5+5)
EqualWithLargeEmpty-16 8.10µs ±26% 0.48µs ±37% -94.11% (p=0.008 n=5+5)
EqualWithDeeplyNestedEqual-16 184µs ±23% 7µs ± 2% -95.93% (p=0.016 n=5+4)
EqualWithDeeplyNestedDifferent-16 58.8µs ± 4% 1.2µs ± 2% -97.98% (p=0.016 n=5+4)
EqualWithDeeplyNestedIdenticalPtr-16 5.07ns ± 5% 2.27ns ± 1% -55.12% (p=0.016 n=5+4)
name old alloc/op new alloc/op delta
EqualWithSmallEmpty-16 88.0B ± 0% 0.0B -100.00% (p=0.008 n=5+5)
EqualWithIdenticalPtrEmpty-16 0.00B 0.00B ~ (all equal)
EqualWithLargeEmpty-16 88.0B ± 0% 0.0B -100.00% (p=0.008 n=5+5)
EqualWithDeeplyNestedEqual-16 3.52kB ± 0% 0.00kB -100.00% (p=0.008 n=5+5)
EqualWithDeeplyNestedDifferent-16 2.58kB ± 0% 0.00kB -100.00% (p=0.008 n=5+5)
EqualWithDeeplyNestedIdenticalPtr-16 0.00B 0.00B ~ (all equal)
name old allocs/op new allocs/op delta
EqualWithSmallEmpty-16 5.00 ± 0% 0.00 -100.00% (p=0.008 n=5+5)
EqualWithIdenticalPtrEmpty-16 0.00 0.00 ~ (all equal)
EqualWithLargeEmpty-16 5.00 ± 0% 0.00 -100.00% (p=0.008 n=5+5)
EqualWithDeeplyNestedEqual-16 200 ± 0% 0 -100.00% (p=0.008 n=5+5)
EqualWithDeeplyNestedDifferent-16 122 ± 0% 0 -100.00% (p=0.008 n=5+5)
EqualWithDeeplyNestedIdenticalPtr-16 0.00 0.00 ~ (all equal)
Use only when speed and efficiency is a concern, otherwise use proto.Equal.
In some cases as e.g. some known types Equal will fallback to proto.Equal.
Unknown fields and extensions are not supported.