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proposals: adopt mimalloc for Windows toolchain #2618

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Using mimalloc for the memory allocator in the compiler yields ~4% performance improvement according to local benchmarks. Propose this allocator as the default for the Windows build.

@compnerd compnerd changed the title proposals: propose adopting mimalloc for Windows toolchain proposals: adopt mimalloc for Windows toolchain Nov 15, 2024
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This seems reasonable to me - +1 to @al45tair's comment on mentioning the runtime allocator for clarity

Using mimalloc for the memory allocator in the compiler yields ~4%
performance improvement according to local benchmarks. Propose this
allocator as the default for the Windows build.
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