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mmap-alloc
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An allocator that is backed by directly mapping memory pages.

The `MapAlloc` type defined by this crate implements the `Alloc` and `ObjectAlloc` traits by directly mapping memory pages from the kernel (`mmap`/`munmap` on POSIX systems and `VirtualAlloc`/`VirtualFree` on Windows). It also allows pages to be committed or uncommitted.