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Replaced a manual for loop responsible for shifting elements in the chunk->free_blocks array with a single call to memmove. This change leverages an optimized standard library function for block memory operations, which can be significantly more efficient than a manual loop. memmove is designed to handle potentially overlapping memory regions correctly and is often implemented using highly optimized assembly instructions (like SIMD) or intrinsic functions, leading to improved performance during free block insertion in the memory allocator.

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Replaced a manual `for` loop responsible for shifting elements in the `chunk->free_blocks` array with a single call to `memmove`. This change leverages an optimized standard library function for block memory operations, which can be significantly more efficient than a manual loop. `memmove` is designed to handle potentially overlapping memory regions correctly and is often implemented using highly optimized assembly instructions (like SIMD) or intrinsic functions, leading to improved performance during free block insertion in the memory allocator.

References:
*   **Performance of `memmove` vs. manual loops:**
    [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11090176/is-it-faster-to-loop-and-copy-or-use-memmove](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11090176/is-it-faster-to-loop-and-copy-or-use-memmove)
    (A discussion highlighting why `memmove` is generally faster due to compiler and library optimizations.)

*   **Inside `memcpy` and `memmove` Implementations:**
    [https://nullprogram.com/blog/2023/08/17/](https://nullprogram.com/blog/2023/08/17/)
    (Explores how `memcpy` and `memmove` are often implemented at a low level to achieve high performance.)

*   **C Programming Optimizations - General Techniques:**
    [https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/c-programming-optimizations/](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/c-programming-optimizations/)
    (Discusses various C optimization techniques, including the use of efficient standard library functions.)

*   **Memory Allocation Principles and Optimizations:**
    [https://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs3410/2019sp/schedule/L24-MemoryAlloc.pdf](https://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs3410/2019sp/schedule/L24-MemoryAlloc.pdf)
    (Lecture slides providing context on memory allocation strategies and where optimizations like this fit in.)
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