How to write your own allocator?
This code compiles and runs, but it doesn't print anything. I'm
completely puzzled about why. (I'm using linux gcc 4.1.2.)
How can I write allocators which the STL containers will actually use?
#include <memory>
#include <list>
#include <iostream>
template<typename T>
class MyAlloc: public std::allocator<T>
{
public:
typename std::allocator<T>::pointer allocate
(typename std::allocator<T>::size_type count,
typename std::allocator<void>::const_pointer *hint = 0)
{
std::cout << "Allocation request: count = " << count
<< ", hint = " << hint << std::endl;
return std::allocator<T>::allocate(count, hint);
}
void deallocate(typename std::allocator<T>::pointer ptr,
typename std::allocator<T>::size_type count)
{
std::cout << "Deallocation request: count = " << count
<< std::endl;
std::allocator<T>::deallocate(ptr, count);
}
};
int main()
{
typedef std::list<int, MyAlloc<int> > List_t;
List_t l;
l.push_back(5);
l.push_back(10);
}
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