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+// Copyright 2012 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package flate
+
+// forwardCopy is like the built-in copy function except that it always goes
+// forward from the start, even if the dst and src overlap.
+// It is equivalent to:
+//   for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+//     mem[dst+i] = mem[src+i]
+//   }
+func forwardCopy(mem []byte, dst, src, n int) {
+	if dst <= src {
+		copy(mem[dst:dst+n], mem[src:src+n])
+		return
+	}
+	for {
+		if dst >= src+n {
+			copy(mem[dst:dst+n], mem[src:src+n])
+			return
+		}
+		// There is some forward overlap.  The destination
+		// will be filled with a repeated pattern of mem[src:src+k].
+		// We copy one instance of the pattern here, then repeat.
+		// Each time around this loop k will double.
+		k := dst - src
+		copy(mem[dst:dst+k], mem[src:src+k])
+		n -= k
+		dst += k
+	}
+}