From 3e5b67b5f6e8bc703f4497f37611e1058a5d3c78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: siddharth <s@ricketyspace.net>
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2021 16:29:41 -0400
Subject: lib: update `BytesInCommon`

Ensure that the returned `common` array does not point to any of the
[]byte arrays in `bbytes`.
---
 lib/byte.go | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'lib')

diff --git a/lib/byte.go b/lib/byte.go
index 149be2a..a29a7b0 100644
--- a/lib/byte.go
+++ b/lib/byte.go
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ func ByteInBytes(b byte, bs []byte) bool {
 // Returns bytes that are common in the given array of array of bytes
 // `bbytes`.
 func BytesInCommon(bbytes [][]byte) []byte {
-	common := make([]byte, 0)
+	var common []byte
 	switch l := len(bbytes); {
 	case l == 1:
-		common = bbytes[0]
+		common = make([]byte, len(bbytes[0]))
+		copy(common, bbytes[0])
 	case l > 1:
+		common = make([]byte, 0)
 		commonRest := BytesInCommon(bbytes[1:])
 		for _, b := range bbytes[0] {
 			if ByteInBytes(b, commonRest) {
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