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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> 
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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER>User Allocators</H1>

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<H2>Introduction</H2>

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Pool objects need to request memory blocks from the system, which the Pool then splits into chunks to allocate to the user.  By specifying a <SPAN CLASS="code">UserAllocator</SPAN> template parameter to various Pool interfaces, users can control how those system memory blocks are allocated.

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<H2>Semantics</H2>

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<CAPTION><EM>Symbol Table</EM></CAPTION>
<TR><TH>Symbol<TH>Meaning
<TR><TD CLASS="code">UserAllocator<TD>A User Allocator type
<TR><TD CLASS="code">block<TD>value of type <SPAN CLASS="code">char *</SPAN>
<TR><TD CLASS="code">n<TD>value of type <SPAN CLASS="code">UserAllocator::size_type</SPAN>
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<CAPTION><EM>Typedefs</EM></CAPTION>
<TR><TH>Expression<TH>Type
<TR><TD CLASS="code">UserAllocator::size_type<TD>An unsigned integral type that can represent the size of the largest object to be allocated
<TR><TD CLASS="code">UserAllocator::difference_type<TD>A signed integral type that can represent the difference of any two pointers
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<CAPTION><EM>Allocation and Deallocation</EM></CAPTION>
<TR><TH>Expression<TH>Return Type<TH>Pre-Condition/Notes
<TR><TD CLASS="code">UserAllocator::malloc(n)<TD CLASS="code">char *<TD>Attempts to allocate <SPAN CLASS="code">n</SPAN> bytes from the system.  Returns 0 if out-of-memory.
<TR><TD CLASS="code">UserAllocator::free(block)<TD CLASS="code">void<TD><SPAN CLASS="code">block</SPAN> must have been previously returned from a call to <SPAN CLASS="code">UserAllocator::malloc</SPAN>.
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<H2>Provided Implementations</H2>

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There are two <SPAN CLASS="code">UserAllocator</SPAN> classes provided.  Both of them are in pool.hpp (see <A HREF="pool.html">pool</A>).  The default value for the template parameter <SPAN CLASS="code">UserAllocator</SPAN> is always <SPAN CLASS="code">default_user_allocator_new_delete</SPAN>.

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<H3>Synopsis</H3>

<PRE CLASS="code">struct default_user_allocator_new_delete
{
  typedef std::size_t size_type;
  typedef std::ptrdiff_t difference_type;

  static char * malloc(const size_type bytes)
  { return new (std::nothrow) char[bytes]; }
  static void free(char * const block)
  { delete [] block; }
};

struct default_user_allocator_malloc_free
{
  typedef std::size_t size_type;
  typedef std::ptrdiff_t difference_type;

  static char * malloc(const size_type bytes)
  { return reinterpret_cast&lt;char *&gt;(std::malloc(bytes)); }
  static void free(char * const block)
  { std::free(block); }
};</PRE>

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