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the CPU cost of the garbage collector is incurred less frequently.

This functionality in this package is mostly captured in the Arena type.
Arenas allocate large chunks of memory for Go values, so they're likely to
be inefficient for allocating only small amounts of small Go values. They're
best used in bulk, on the order of MiB of memory allocated on each use.

Note that by allowing for this limited form of manual memory allocation