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1// The -*- C++ -*- dynamic memory management header.
2
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32/** @file new
33 *  The header @c new defines several functions to manage dynamic memory and
34 *  handling memory allocation errors; see
35 *  http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/18_support/howto.html#4 for more.
36 */
37
38#ifndef __NEW__
39#define __NEW__
40
41#include <cstddef>
42#include <exception>
43
44extern "C++" {
45
46namespace std 
47{
48  /** @c bad_alloc (or classes derived from it) is used to report allocation
49   *  errors from the throwing forms of @c new.  */
50  class bad_alloc : public exception 
51  {
52  public:
53    bad_alloc() throw() { }
54    // This declaration is not useless:
55    // http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.0.2/gcc_6.html#SEC118
56    virtual ~bad_alloc() throw();
57  };
58
59  struct nothrow_t { };
60  extern const nothrow_t nothrow;
61  /** If you write your own error handler to be called by @c new, it must
62   *  be of this type.  */
63  typedef void (*new_handler)();
64  /// Takes a replacement handler as the argument, returns the previous handler.
65  new_handler set_new_handler(new_handler);
66} // namespace std
67
68//@{
69/** These are replaceable signatures:
70 *  - normal single new and delete (no arguments, throw @c bad_alloc on error)
71 *  - normal array new and delete (same)
72 *  - @c nothrow single new and delete (take a @c nothrow argument, return
73 *    @c NULL on error)
74 *  - @c nothrow array new and delete (same)
75 *
76 *  Placement new and delete signatures (take a memory address argument,
77 *  does nothing) may not be replaced by a user's program.
78*/
79void* operator new(std::size_t) throw (std::bad_alloc);
80void* operator new[](std::size_t) throw (std::bad_alloc);
81void operator delete(void*) throw();
82void operator delete[](void*) throw();
83void* operator new(std::size_t, const std::nothrow_t&) throw();
84void* operator new[](std::size_t, const std::nothrow_t&) throw();
85void operator delete(void*, const std::nothrow_t&) throw();
86void operator delete[](void*, const std::nothrow_t&) throw();
87
88// Default placement versions of operator new.
89inline void* operator new(std::size_t, void* __p) throw() { return __p; }
90inline void* operator new[](std::size_t, void* __p) throw() { return __p; }
91//@}
92} // extern "C++"
93
94#endif
95