Re: [PATCH 03/11] Use new compress helpers in fast-import

Marco Costalba [off-list ref] writes:

Here is slightly more difficult, in particular
a xrealloc() has been substituted with a
free() + xmalloc() to keep the code simple.

Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <redacted>
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 fast-import.c |   45 +++++++++++++++------------------------------
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

I'll let Shawn comment on this.  The realloc() does not seem to
be using the contents in the buffer from the previous round, so
I suspect that a free() followed by an independent alloc() would
be an improvement when the later call uses much larger buffer
than the previous one, but would be a waste if the later one
needs smaller buffer.