Merge #11011: [Trivial] Add a comment on the use of prevector in script.

08f71c29e [Trivial] Add a comment on the use of prevector in script. (Gregory Maxwell)

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Tree-SHA512: 020981516e67e576685eb9a8532178fb97d1780af409fc86d869cd05c293c0c823c26e838cf544d18610f5a3f479ce3e47d2ccb95fb1c4e55fe9e7ceb354f20b

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diff --git a/src/script/script.h b/src/script/script.h
index 711ffa97f8..587f2d26eb 100644
--- a/src/script/script.h
+++ b/src/script/script.h
@@ -377,6 +377,12 @@ private:
     int64_t m_value;
 };
 
+/**
+ * We use a prevector for the script to reduce the considerable memory overhead
+ *  of vectors in cases where they normally contain a small number of small elements.
+ * Tests in October 2015 showed use of this reduced dbcache memory usage by 23%
+ *  and made an initial sync 13% faster.
+ */
 typedef prevector<28, unsigned char> CScriptBase;
 
 /** Serialized script, used inside transaction inputs and outputs */