strings.Builder.WriteByte
standard libraryThe 276th most-called standard-library method by production calls. Called 4,427 times across 327 modules; 3,396 of those run outside tests and generated code.
4% in production calls vs 2026-W37 (3,250 → 3,396)
- prod calls
- 3,396
- non-test, non-generated
- all calls
- 4,427
- total callsites
- modules
- 327
- distinct callers
- in loop
- 58%
- of prod calls
- in tests
- 5%
- 222 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 method80%A method on a value whose type is known exactly.
- Embedded method20%Reached through an embedded type.
who calls this
Notable callers
Production calls into Builder.WriteByte from notable Go projects. Open one on the map to see what else it hammers.
- Grafana 99 3%
- OpenTelemetry 65 2%
- Cilium 56 2%
- Kubernetes 39 1%
- CockroachDB 37 1%
where it's called
Callsites in the wild
12 representative callsites of 4,427, prioritizing in-loop and non-test usage. We link to source, never display it.
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go/protovalidate @v1.4.0
error_utils.go:141
in loop -
CCTV/age @v0.0.0-20260829155415-4448f2097b2d
internal/bech32/bech32.go:134
in loop -
bubbles/v2 @v2.2.1
textarea/textarea.go:652
in loop -
charm.land/fantasy @v0.44.0
schema/schema.go:398
in loop -
log/v2 @v2.0.1
text.go:105
in loop -
cilium/cilium @v1.20.2
in loop - in loop
- in loop
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miekg/dns @v0.6.114
cmd/atomdns/internal/dnszone/node.go:28
in loop -
readeck/go-readability/v2 @v2.1.2
render/inner_text.go:236
in loop -
connectrpc.com/connect @v1.21.0
protocol_grpc.go:909
in loop -
hashicorp/consul @v1.22.7
internal/resource/protoc-gen-json-shim/internal/generate/generate.go:102 ↗
in loop
top callers
The modules that reach for it
The modules that call Builder.WriteByte most in this snapshot.
- vitess.io/vitess58713%
- github.com/vitessio/vitess57213%
- github.com/esengine/DeepSeek-Reasonix1844%
- codeberg.org/miekg/dns1133%
- github.com/larksuite/cli992%
siblings
More from strings
The other most-called members in this package. See all →