1 // The -*- C++ -*- dynamic memory management header.
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29 * This is a Standard C++ Library header.
31 * The header @c new defines several functions to manage dynamic memory and
32 * handling memory allocation errors; see
33 * http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/18_support/howto.html#4 for more.
42 #pragma GCC visibility push(default)
49 * @brief Exception possibly thrown by @c new.
52 * @c bad_alloc (or classes derived from it) is used to report allocation
53 * errors from the throwing forms of @c new. */
54 class bad_alloc : public exception
57 bad_alloc() throw() { }
59 // This declaration is not useless:
60 // http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.0.2/gcc_6.html#SEC118
61 virtual ~bad_alloc() throw();
63 // See comment in eh_exception.cc.
64 virtual const char* what() const throw();
69 extern const nothrow_t nothrow;
71 /** If you write your own error handler to be called by @c new, it must
73 typedef void (*new_handler)();
75 /// Takes a replacement handler as the argument, returns the
77 new_handler set_new_handler(new_handler) throw();
81 /** These are replaceable signatures:
82 * - normal single new and delete (no arguments, throw @c bad_alloc on error)
83 * - normal array new and delete (same)
84 * - @c nothrow single new and delete (take a @c nothrow argument, return
86 * - @c nothrow array new and delete (same)
88 * Placement new and delete signatures (take a memory address argument,
89 * does nothing) may not be replaced by a user's program.
91 void* operator new(std::size_t) throw (std::bad_alloc);
92 void* operator new[](std::size_t) throw (std::bad_alloc);
93 void operator delete(void*) throw();
94 void operator delete[](void*) throw();
95 void* operator new(std::size_t, const std::nothrow_t&) throw();
96 void* operator new[](std::size_t, const std::nothrow_t&) throw();
97 void operator delete(void*, const std::nothrow_t&) throw();
98 void operator delete[](void*, const std::nothrow_t&) throw();
100 // Default placement versions of operator new.
101 inline void* operator new(std::size_t, void* __p) throw() { return __p; }
102 inline void* operator new[](std::size_t, void* __p) throw() { return __p; }
104 // Default placement versions of operator delete.
105 inline void operator delete (void*, void*) throw() { }
106 inline void operator delete[](void*, void*) throw() { }
110 #pragma GCC visibility pop