Measurements with standard library modules suggest the average
allocation is about 20 bytes and that most compiles use a single
block.
-
- TODO(jhylton): Think about a realloc API, maybe just for the last
- allocation?
*/
#define DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE 8192
/* If we need to allocate more memory than will fit in
the default block, allocate a one-off block that is
exactly the right size. */
- /* TODO(jhylton): Think about space waste at end of block */
block *newbl = block_new(
size < DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE ?
DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE : size);