Move string type to runtime in separate file

src/runtime/runtime.go

@@ -21,18 +21,6 @@ func GOMAXPROCS(n int) int {
 	return 1
 }
 
-func stringequal(x, y string) bool {
-	if len(x) != len(y) {
-		return false
-	}
-	for i := 0; i < len(x); i++ {
-		if x[i] != y[i] {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-	return true
-}
-
 // Copy size bytes from src to dst. The memory areas must not overlap.
 func memcpy(dst, src unsafe.Pointer, size uintptr) {
 	for i := uintptr(0); i < size; i++ {

src/runtime/string.go

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package runtime
+
+// This file implements functions related to Go strings.
+
+type _string struct {
+	length lenType
+	ptr    *uint8
+}
+
+func stringEqual(x, y string) bool {
+	if len(x) != len(y) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < len(x); i++ {
+		if x[i] != y[i] {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}