On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 10:31 PM, Ivan Gerasimov <ivan.gerasi...@oracle.com> wrote:
> But suppose available() incorrectly claims that a million bytes are > available, but you only read 10. Then there's a tradeoff - the cost of > reallocation versus the risk that the mostly empty backing array will be > retained for a long time if the Process object is not garbage collected. > > On the other hand, if available() claims a million bytes, and then only > 999999990 bytes were read, there will be mostly unnecessary allocation and > copying. > > Yup. > I'm leaning towards the status quo. > > Okay, let's leave it as is :) > It was meant mostly for cleaning up the code, so if there is a doubt, then > it's better keep what we have. > If your version were the status quo, it would not be worth changing. When in doubt, status quo wins.
