Re: overload operator new with a spcialized memory manager instance

From:
Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:52:48 -0400
Message-ID:
<2008082715524875249-pete@versatilecodingcom>
On 2008-08-27 15:25:44 -0400, "Maximus" <maximus@microsoft.com> said:

I am trying to find a way to overload operator new of a class to use a
specialzied memory manager. In my design multiple memory managers exist. I
need to pass the instance of a memory manager into operator new. In ANSI C,
it is quite simple, like this:

type_t* ansi_c_init(MemoryManager* m)
{
    type_t* a = (type_t*)->alloc_bytes(sizeof(type_t));
    a->memory_manager = m;
}

According to my read, the new() overload is actually a static method and can
not call any members. So my question is, it is a backward in C++? Is it even
possible to customize memory allocation with a specialized memory manager?


void *operator new(size_t size, MemoryManager& m)
{
// whatever
}

FunkyMemoryManager mm;
new (mm) int(3); // calls operator new(size_t, MemoryManager&)

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  Pete
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