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// The -*- C++ -*- dynamic memory management header.

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/** @file new
 *  The header @c new defines several functions to manage dynamic memory and
 *  handling memory allocation errors; see
 *  http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/18_support/howto.html#4 for more.
 */

#ifndef _NEW
#define _NEW

#include <cstddef>
#include <exception>

extern "C++" {

namespace std 
{
  /**
   *  @brief  Exception possibly thrown by @c new.
   *
   *  @c bad_alloc (or classes derived from it) is used to report allocation
   *  errors from the throwing forms of @c new.  */
  class bad_alloc : public exception 
  {
  public:
    bad_alloc() throw() { }
    // This declaration is not useless:
    // http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.0.2/gcc_6.html#SEC118
    virtual ~bad_alloc() throw();
  };

  struct nothrow_t { };
  extern const nothrow_t nothrow;
  /** If you write your own error handler to be called by @c new, it must
   *  be of this type.  */
  typedef void (*new_handler)();
  /// Takes a replacement handler as the argument, returns the previous handler.
  new_handler set_new_handler(new_handler) throw();
} // namespace std

//@{
/** These are replaceable signatures:
 *  - normal single new and delete (no arguments, throw @c bad_alloc on error)
 *  - normal array new and delete (same)
 *  - @c nothrow single new and delete (take a @c nothrow argument, return
 *    @c NULL on error)
 *  - @c nothrow array new and delete (same)
 *
 *  Placement new and delete signatures (take a memory address argument,
 *  does nothing) may not be replaced by a user's program.
*/
void* operator new(std::size_t) throw (std::bad_alloc);
void* operator new[](std::size_t) throw (std::bad_alloc);
void operator delete(void*) throw();
void operator delete[](void*) throw();
void* operator new(std::size_t, const std::nothrow_t&) throw();
void* operator new[](std::size_t, const std::nothrow_t&) throw();
void operator delete(void*, const std::nothrow_t&) throw();
void operator delete[](void*, const std::nothrow_t&) throw();

// Default placement versions of operator new.
inline void* operator new(std::size_t, void* __p) throw() { return __p; }
inline void* operator new[](std::size_t, void* __p) throw() { return __p; }

// Default placement versions of operator delete.
inline void  operator delete  (void*, void*) throw() { }
inline void  operator delete[](void*, void*) throw() { }
//@}
} // extern "C++"

#endif

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