I propose a new allocator that uses global (i.e. static duration) memory.
Here is my current experimental code:
#include <cstddef> /* size_t */
#include <new> /* Only for bad_alloc */
static int this_translation_unit; /* This serves the same purpose as
__FILE__ */
template
class StaticAllocator {
protected:
static T buf[t_capacity];
public:
typedef T value_type;
template<typename U>
struct rebind {
typedef StaticAllocator
other;
};
T *allocate(std::size_t const n)
{
if (n > t_capacity)
throw std::bad_alloc();
return buf;
}
void deallocate(T *, std::size_t)
{
/* Do Nothing */
}
};
template
T StaticAllocator::buf[t_capacity];
using std::size_t;
#include <vector>
using std::vector;
#include <iostream>
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
auto main(void) -> int
{
vector< char, StaticAllocator< char, 4, __COUNTER__ > > v;
v.push_back('a');
v.push_back('b');
v.push_back('c');
v.push_back('d');
for (auto const &elem : v)
cout << elem << endl;
vector< char, StaticAllocator< char, 4, __COUNTER__ > > v2;
v2.push_back('x');
v2.push_back('y');
v2.push_back('z');
for (auto const &elem : v2)
cout << elem << endl;
// Now try the first vector again
for (auto const &elem : v)
cout << elem << endl;
}
The trick I'm using with "this_translation_unit" compiles just fine on GNU
and Clang, however it fails on Microsoft because the variable has internal
linkage. I'm sure this can be done another way using Boost preprocessor
stuff. The preprocessor macro "__COUNTER__" is available on every C++
compiler I know of.
Frederick
P.S. This is my second idea to the Boost development list. My first one is
"istream_iterator_limited".
Christian Mazakas
Frederick Gotham