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Return the capacity to be used to contain data having the specified `newLength` when the current capacity is the specified `currentCapacity`. The returned value may be larger than `newLength` to allow for growth without the need for reallocation.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlsb_memoutstreambuf.h>`

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static
std::size_t
computeNewCapacity(
    std::size_t newLength,
    std::size_t currentCapacity);
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