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docs: Rationalize wsjson buffer pooling and explain tradeoffs

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
go
Domain
networking

Research direction

Locate the wsjson sub-package and its sync.Pool buffer implementation, then read the linked Go issue about pooling objects of different sizes. Determine the current buffer-size behavior and document the tradeoffs of the available pooling approach. Done means the pooling strategy is rationalized and its limitations are explained.

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I see that this library is using sync.Pool to pool buffers for wsjon sub-package. sync.Pool is suitable only for pooling objects of same size. If they are of different size, you have a problem: those buffers will just grow and grow never to shrink.

See https://github.com/golang/go/issues/23199 for more background.

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