Don't use the global variable "g_playlist".

Reduce access to the global variable "g_playlist".

Move the configuration lookup to Main.cxx.

Use the new HugeAllocator as backend for SliceBuffer and call
HugeDiscard() when the last chunk was returned.

Avoid page faults on MPD startup.  This saves a lot of memory for an
idle MPD.

This is harmful for memory usage, because it forces the kernel to
allocate physical memory, even before playback has started.  No bug
has been found in a few years with this, so it's safe to assume that
this code is not necessary.

Random access is not necessary here.

.. instead of rolling own classes.

Make valgrind happy.

Move code from client_new() and client_close().

Track whether _finish() has been called, and deliver all partial
results then.  Fixes Mantis ticket 0003621.