[jira] [Commented] (ARROW-360) C++: Add method to shrink PoolBuffer using realloc

["Wes McKinney (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Wes McKinney commented on ARROW-360:
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We could make {{PoolBuffer::Resize}} call realloc when shrinking the buffer, currently it assumes that the buffer is only getting larger

> C++: Add method to shrink PoolBuffer using realloc
> --------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: ARROW-360
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-360
>             Project: Apache Arrow
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: C++
>            Reporter: Uwe L. Korn
>            Assignee: Uwe L. Korn
>
> In the case where we have optimistically allocated a large PoolBuffer, we could shrink it later again using a call to {{realloc}}. This should free the exceeding memory but avoids an actual {{memcpy}}.



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