I would like to know how to adapt section 11.14 of the C++-FAQ-lite to arrays.
Basically, I would want something like this:
class Pool {
public:
void* allocate(size_t size) {...}
void deallocate(void* p, size_t size) {...}
};
void* operator new[](size_t size, Pool& pool) { return pool.allocate(size); }
void operator delete[](void* p, size_t size, Pool& pool) { pool.deallocate(p, size); }
struct Foo {...};
int main() {
Pool pool;
Foo* manyFoos = new (pool) Foo [15];
/* ... */
delete [] (pool) manyFoos;
}
However, I have not been able to figure out the correct syntax to declare and call this operator delete[] (pool)
. Can anybody help here?
It is impossible. Bjarne reasons that you'll never get it right figuring out the correct pool. His solution is: you must manually call all destructors and then figure out the correct pool to be able to deallocate the memory manually.
References:
Bjarne's FAQ: Is there a placement delete?
Relevant C++ standard sections:
3.7.3.2.2 Only member operator delete functions with an argument of size_t type are considered for delete expressions.
5.3.5.1 Delete expression syntax does not allow extra parameters.