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Apparently, `Darwin's implementation`_ of ``realloc`` never frees memory if you ask
for a smaller size. `Python`_, and probably plenty of other software, assumes that
it does, because that's how it behaves on the other platforms (at least Linux and OpenBSD). Oops!
.. _`Darwin's implementation`: http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/10.3.7/Libc-320.1.3/gen/malloc.c
.. _`Python`: http://python.org/sf/1092502 ...
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