bufio.Writer.WriteByte
standard libraryThe 2320th most-called standard-library method by production calls. Called 270 times across 59 modules; 266 of those run outside tests and generated code.
No change in production calls since 2026-W37.
- prod calls
- 266
- non-test, non-generated
- all calls
- 270
- total callsites
- modules
- 59
- distinct callers
- in loop
- 31%
- of prod calls
- in tests
- 1%
- 3 calls
- resolved
- 100%
- to a known target
resolution mix
How each call resolves
How each call was attributed. Only resolved kinds, where the target function is known, count toward the ranking. Interface dispatch and unresolved receivers are reported separately and never guessed. Read the taxonomy →
- Concrete method84%A method on a value whose type is known exactly.
- Embedded method16%Reached through an embedded type.
who calls this
Notable callers
Production calls into Writer.WriteByte from notable Go projects. Open one on the map to see what else it hammers.
- Tailscale 23 9%
- Go (golang.org/x) 19 7%
- Gitea 17 6%
- CockroachDB 5 2%
- Cilium 4 2%
where it's called
Callsites in the wild
12 representative callsites of 270, prioritizing in-loop and non-test usage. We link to source, never display it.
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cilium/hive @v1.0.5
in loop -
cockroachdb/cockroach @v19.2.12+incompatible
in loop - in loop
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gitea.dev @v1.27.3
modules/packages/rubygems/marshal.go:179
in loop -
Binject/debug @v0.0.0-20260128230015-4e22595eaac6
in loop -
antonmedv/fx @v0.0.0-20260826144931-4f31cd3a0c5d
in loop - in loop
- in loop
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cloudreve/cloudreve @v0.0.0-20200909065614-40414fe6ae9f
in loop -
gocsaf/csaf/v3 @v3.6.0
in loop -
gwuhaolin/livego @v0.0.0-20241106020610-16c6af5d9031
in loop - in loop
top callers
The modules that reach for it
The modules that call Writer.WriteByte most in this snapshot.
- github.com/tailscale/tailscale249%
- tailscale.com249%
- github.com/sagernet/tailscale239%
- gitea.dev176%
- github.com/go-gitea/gitea176%
siblings
More from bufio
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