Why does std.concurrency.Mailbox use lists ?

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 9/9/14, 1:47 PM, Sean Kelly wrote:
> See above.  I think the optimization of the list is a good idea
> regardless.  I've also been considering adding free lists for
> discarded messages to avoid GC allocations.  I did this when
> originally writing std.concurrency but it didn't actually seem to
> speed things up when profiling.  This probably deserves a revisit.

I think freelists are what the doctor prescribed. -- Andrei