Re: Customize operator new / delete

From:
"io_x" <a@b.c.invalid>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Mon, 9 May 2011 08:47:17 +0200
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"Nephi Immortal" <immortalnephi@gmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:7dbad185-521d-449c-b491-b60af6964602@n10g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...

inline
void *operator new( size_t size ) { return malloc( size ); }

inline
void *operator new[]( size_t size ) { return malloc( size ); }


this should be wrong because the right malloc size here is
malloc(size*sizeof(*pointerType))
but who know how to get the number sizeof(*pointerType)?

No, you are wrong unless you don?t need to put sizeof() on malloc()
function inside operator new function because size_t size parameter of
operator new function is already provided the sizeof( type ) times
elements by C++ Compiler.
Test it yourself until you find out. You will always need to use
sizeof() if you place malloc() function somewhere.


ok right what you say; thank you; i have to say i never had understood that;

but i don't understand well too why use 2 delete function
if they do the same:

for example in:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void* operator new( size_t size ) { return malloc( size ); }
void* operator new[]( size_t sizePerSizeT ) { return malloc( sizePerSizeT ); }
void operator delete( void *pUserData) { free( pUserData ); }
void operator delete[]( void *pUserData ) { free( pUserData ); }

int main(void)
{int *p = new int[ 100 ];
 char *pc= new char;
 char *pcc=new(char);

 delete p;
 delete [] p;
 return 0;
}

 ;
 ; void operator delete( void *pUserData) { free( pUserData ); }
 ;
@@$bdele$qpv:
 push ebp
 mov ebp,esp
@7:
 push dword ptr [ebp+8]
 call @_free
 pop ecx
@8:
 pop ebp
 ret

 ;
 ; void operator delete[]( void *pUserData ) { free( pUserData ); }
 ;
@@$bdla$qpv:
 push ebp
 mov ebp,esp
@9:
 push dword ptr [ebp+8]
 call @_free
 pop ecx
@10:
 pop ebp
 ret
 ....
.....
main:
etc
.....
 ;
 ; delete p;
 ;
 push ebx
 call @@$bdele$qpv
 pop ecx
 ;
 ; delete [] p;
 ;
 push ebx
 call @@$bdla$qpv
 pop ecx

are the same

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