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LGTM - Looks good to me. Generations of degree students will be studying & tuning that one line of "use String constructor which will copy" code. That should not hold...

| The devil is in the details I thought the devil was in Florida, on holiday... Thank you for the information about your use pattern. Sounds like a pretty well...

> I think that constructor is a SN invention. I studied both the Java 8 & 17 specifications and could not find it. It is somewhat anomalous since its Array...

Per request, moved from #2909 So, methods which can shrink the array or (if any) alter the contents of the array before the largest "shared" size need to allocate a...

Per request: Moved from #2909 To try to converge my thoughts. I keep coming back to the "wastage" decision point. I do not know the allocation size of the minimum...

Per request, moved from #2909 re: data for "wastage" decision Ok, this is the point where you do whatever you need to do to get into a proper trance and...

Later and __corrected__ information. Further information & learnings which change the math to be more favorable. This discusses 64 bit systems. The numbers are probably smaller on 32 bit systems,...

David, Thank you for your detailed message above. I have only a few moments now but will reply in detail as when I can. It may have to be Fri,...

Strategy, I believe the "when to waste" decision can be factored out for a short period of time. Any one of a number would do whilst other changes required by...

At the 8000 metre level, I think that any not-dead-wrong algorithm that lets the PR advance and gives some net yield for the effort invested is OK. You seem confident...