Reduce memory footprint of the Swift compiler #401
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Use malloc/free for allocating/freeing SIL instructions instead of using the BumpPtrAllocator. This allows for memory reuse and significantly reduces the memory footprint of the compiler.
For example, a peak memory usage during a compilation of the standard library and StdlibUnitTest is reduced by 25%-30%. The performance of the compiler seems to be not affected by this change, i.e. no slowdown is measured.
This is re-submission of the updated #14, because GitHub had issues updating my original PR with the latest changes.