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> The Go fuzzing tool takes advantage of compiler instrumentation. This is the main benefit. I've been using go-fuzz for years and compiler upgrades (especiall
by morelisp 5y ago
> The Go fuzzing tool takes advantage of compiler instrumentation.
This is the main benefit. I've been using go-fuzz for years and compiler upgrades (especially any changes related to modules/GOROOT/GOPATH) was a pain because it always behaved slightly differently.
> It can also work with built-in Go types, in comparison to traditional fuzzing tools that just work with bytes.
This could have been done just as efficiently without upstream integration.