//
	// Instead use the append-make pattern with a nil slice to ensure that
	// we allocate buffers rounded up to the closest size class.
	c := len(b) + n // ensure enough space for n elements
	if c < 2*cap(b) {
		// The growth rate has historically always been 2x. In the future,
		// we could rely purely on append to determine the growth rate.
		c = 2 * cap(b)
	}