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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:05:27 -0600
Subject: Re: Negative array indicies and slice()
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On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> wrote:
> The growth factor is approximately 1.125.  "Approximately" because
> there is also a small constant term.  The average number of copies per
> item converges on 8.

Of course, that is the *maximum* number of copies.  The actual number
could be much less if realloc() performs well.