Re: How to get rid of the new-initializer in a new-expression
Matthias Hofmann <hofmann@anvil-soft.com> wrote:
Hello everyone!
I have written a memory tracker using macros, and everything works fine
unless the new-expression contains a new-initializer. Please take a look at
the following example:
template <class T> T* TrackNew( T* ptr ) { return ptr; }
#define NEW( T ) TrackNew<T>( new T )
struct X
{
X() {}
X( int ) {}
};
int main()
{
// Works fine.
X* p1 = NEW( X );
// Fails to compile.
X* p2 = NEW( X( 2 ) );
return 0;
}
The second use of the NEW macro expands to:
X* p2 = TrackNew<X( 2 )>( new X( 2 ) );
Obviously, this should be:
X* p2 = TrackNew<X>( new X( 2 ) );
Can anyone please tell me a portable way of getting rid of the
new-initializer in the new-expression? Like in the following pseudo code:
#define NEW( T ) TrackNew<REMOVE_NEW_INITIALIZER( T )>( new T )
well how about constructing it and passing as a const reference to a
creation template and then to Tracknew such as:
template <class X>
X * create_new(const X &x)
{
return new X(x);
}
template <class T>
T *Tracknew( T *&x) { return x;}
#define NEW(X) Tracknew(create_new(X))
p1 = NEW(X()) ;
p2 = NEW(X(2));
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