vector<> can probably never grow to it's maximum size!

[Dhruv Matani]

Hello,
	I would like to discuss an issue which deals with vector's memory
management. Consider a 16 machine.

Here, max_size() would typically be say: ((2^16)-1)/sizeof(_Tp). Now,
consider that the current size is max_size()/2. If I want to add say 3
more elements, the vector to get space for totally max_size() elements,
and will fail because operator new will probably fail because of such a
large request. Can't we have the vector settle for a slightly smaller
return from the allocator at the expense of not sticking to the standard
strictly about the exponential increase policy?

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