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From: sdm@cs.brown.edu (Scott Meyers)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Class-specific operator new
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Date: 14 Dec 89 23:09:20 GMT
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Reply-To: sdm@cs.brown.edu (Scott Meyers)
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I think I've found a bug in CC's handling of class-specific definitions of
operator new.  The following compiles:

    #include <new.h>
    void *operator new(size_t size, void *location){ return location; }
    class C {
      char storage[10];
    public:
      C() { new (storage) int; }
      };

But if I move the definiton of operator new inside the class, it won't
compile: 

    #include <new.h>
    class C {
      char storage[10];
    public:
      void *operator new(size_t size, void *location){ return location; }
      C() { new (storage) int; }
      };

The error is:

    error:  argument  2 of type void * expected for C::operator new

Bona fide bug, or pilot error?


Scott
sdm@cs.brown.edu