Negative array indicies and slice()

[Ian Kelly]

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly at gmail.com> wrote:
> The growth factor is approximately 1.125.  "Approximately" because
> there is also a small constant term.  The average number of copies per
> item converges on 8.

Of course, that is the *maximum* number of copies.  The actual number
could be much less if realloc() performs well.