Re: Big Problem! How to overload operator delete?

From:
"Tom Serface" <tserface@msn.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:54:46 -0700
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I've never tried to do this, but maybe one of these articles will help:

http://www.codeproject.com/debug/newdel.asp
http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/memmgment.asp
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/sab9y331.aspx

Tom

"Lighter" <cqulyx@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1155175201.684448.132180@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

Big Problem! How to overload operator delete?

According to C++ standard, "A deallocation function can have more than
one parameter."(see 3.7.3.2); however, I don't know how to use an
overloaded delete operator. Let me use an example to illustrate this:

/********************************************************/
#include <new>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

void operator delete(void* p, const nothrow_t&)
{
   cout << "Hello" << endl;
} // (1)

void operator delete(void* p, int a, int b)
{
   cout << "World" << endl;
} // (2)

int main()
{
   int* p = new(nothrow) int;

   delete p; // This cannot render to show 'Hello' or 'World'
}
/********************************************************/

Even if I use 'delete(nothrow, p);', it cannot render to show 'Hello'
or 'World' either. My problem just lies here: Although I can write my
own operator delete, I cannot use it. As far as I know, the C++
standard doesn't give an example to illustrate the usage of delete (The
usage of new is given.).

An ugly way to do this is to use function call:

operator delete(nothrow, p); // This can render to show 'Hello'

However, I don't think this is the answer to my question. Who know the
correct one?

Any help will be appreciatied. Thanks in advance.

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