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From: aed@netcom.UUCP (Andrew Davidson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Distinguishing stack and heap objects
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Date: 5 Jan 91 21:07:43 GMT
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It is possible to overload the new and delete operators. 

"A class memeber instance of opterator new must specify a retutn tupe
of woid* and take a first argument of the system tupedf size_t,
defined in the stddef.h system header file. this argument is
automaticlally initalized by the compiler with the size of the class
type in bytes." Stanley Lippman "C++ Primer"

"the delete operator must have a first argument of thpe void*. A
second argumment of the predefined system typedef size_t may be
specified  (rember to includee stddef.h) If present it is initialized
implicityly wiht the sze in bytes of the object addressed by the first
argument. the delete operator must have a return type of void."
Stanley Lippman "C++ Primer" pages 262 - 266

andy


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