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[Bug c++/15795] No way to teach operator new anything about alignment requirements
- From: "jason at redhat dot com" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 8 Jun 2004 20:06:26 -0000
- Subject: [Bug c++/15795] No way to teach operator new anything about alignment requirements
- References: <20040603143635.15795.ma1flfs@bath.ac.uk>
- Reply-to: gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org
------- Additional Comments From jason at redhat dot com 2004-06-08 20:06 -------
Subject: Re: No way to teach operator new anything about
alignment requirements
On 8 Jun 2004 19:27:26 -0000, "ma1flfs at bath dot ac dot uk" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 June 2004 19:04, jason at redhat dot com wrote:
>> Because you also need to override operator new for Foo, and any other type
>> which requires alignment greater than that provided by malloc.
>
> That's my point. Doing this would suck very much... And is sometimes not
> possible. Think template classes, STL or Qt are good examples.
Feel free to propose an alternative solution.
Jason
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