Re: operator new/delete forwarding

[Howard Hinnant <hinnant at twcny dot rr dot com>]

On Nov 9, 2006, at 2:48 PM, Howard Hinnant wrote:

> Imho http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/lwg- 
> defects.html#298 got the wrong answer (it looks consistent but  
> actually simply propagates a mistake from C++98).  The (nothrow)[]  
> versions must forward to the [] versions, not the (nothrow)  
> versions.  Else delete[] is vulnerable to not being able to handle  
> a pointer from new(nothrow)[] (and it must handle those pointers).

Ok, I'm writing a brief paper on this issue in hopes of clarifying  
and motivating my recommended changes:

http://home.twcny.rr.com/hinnant/cpp_extensions/issue206.html

Comments, suggestions, or additional data welcome.  I'm aiming at the  
Jan. 12, 2007 mid-meeting mailing deadline.

-Howard