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From: Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:59:23 +0100
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Am 25.02.2025 um 16:15 schrieb Ar Rakin:

> struct malloc_chunk
> {
>    struct malloc_chunk *next; /* The next chunk. */
>    struct malloc_chunk *prev; /* The previous chunk. */
>    bool is_free;              /* Whether this chunk is usable. */
>    size_t size;               /* The size of this chunk. */
> };

I prefer a memory allocator that only has a next-pointer per chunk.
mimalloc() satisfies this constraint for the mostly used small block
sizes as each block in a chain is power of two sized up to two pages.
And if it's not in a chain it is allocated.