Should I mix use `std.heap.c_allocator` with other std.heap allocators when linking libc?

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The Zig documentation states: “Are you linking libc? In this case, std.heap.c_allocator is likely the right choice, at least for your main allocator.”

Just a general note, that information is (at least partially or potentially) outdated. I also stumbled upon some things there. From an answer to my questions on choice of memory allocator:

@IntegratedQuantum

I would like to note that this guide is also a bit outdated. Recently the GPA was renamed to DebugAllocator and a new faster general purpose allocator std.heap.smp_allocator was introduced which, according to investigate SmpAllocator performance with respect to other popular allocators · Issue #12484 · ziglang/zig · GitHub, seems to be faster than the libc allocator, […]