new Type[count] takes too much?

[bearophile]

Namespace:

> T[] buffer = new T[N]; assumes more space than stated (in 
> average 2010 elements more. See: 
> http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/af92ad22c). It behaves exactly like 
> reserve and that is IMO wrong. If I reserve memory with 
> buffer.reserve(N), I want to have at least N elements. That 
> behaviour is correct. But if I use new T[N] I mostly want 
> exactly N elements and no extra space.
>
> Thoughts?

In Python if you append items to an array, it sovra-allocates, 
but if you create an array with the [x] * n syntax, then it 
creates a list (array) exactly of size n.

Bye,
bearophile