The function is here ONLY for symmetry with package bytes.
This function should be used ONLY if it makes code clearer.
It is not here for performance. Remove any performance benefit.

If performance becomes an issue, the compiler should be fixed to
recognize the three-way compare (for all comparable types)
rather than encourage people to micro-optimize by using this function.

Change-Id: I71f4130bce853f7aef724c6044d15def7987b457
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/3012Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>