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go-buffer-pool

A variable size buffer pool for go.

Use Case

Use this when you need to repeatedly allocate and free a bunch of temporary buffers of approximately the same size.

Reduces Memory Usage:
- We don't have to wait for a GC to run before we can reuse memory. This is essential if you're repeatedly allocating large short-lived buffers.
Reduces CPU usage:
- It takes some load off of the GC (due to buffer reuse).
- We don't have to zero buffers (fewer wasteful memory writes).

Can leak memory contents. Unlike the go GC, we don't zero memory.
All buffers have a capacity of a power of 2. This is fine if you either (a) actually need buffers with this size or (b) expect these buffers to be temporary.
Requires that buffers be returned explicitly. This can lead to race conditions and memory corruption if the buffer is released while it's still in use.

PRs are welcome!

Small note: If editing the Readme, please conform to the standard-readme specification.

The last gx published version of this module was: 0.1.3: QmQDvJoB6aJWN3sjr3xsgXqKCXf4jU5zdMXpDMsBkYVNqa