cmd/compile: use less memory for large []byte literal

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Inspect the Go parser's source code in src/cmd/compile/internal/syntax/ to understand how []byte literals are currently parsed and represented. Identify where the large node trees are created and consider alternative representations, such as storing the literal's bytes directly as a string of byte values or using a constant array approach.

Tech stack

go

Domain

backend

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4

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1-2 days

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Stale

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Clear

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Go

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35