Re: First stage of Quesa changes now complete

[James W. W. <os...@jw...>]

On Jan 25, 2005, at 5:55 AM, Roger Holmes wrote:

> It is the constructors I want to use, and I don't think there is any 
> way
> of doing this without using this syntax.

There is a way; look up "placement new".

> I think I had better read the
> latest information on "operator new", it seems to have become rather
> more complicated than when I first learnt C++. I am looking for a way
> to define an "operator new" which I can specify when I create my 
> objects
> which can call Q3Memory_AllocateClear. For allocating the class info
> objects I am not worried about the overhead of clearing the memory.
> However, if we decide to use constructors for the objects themselves
> then clearing the memory before we initialise it does seem inefficient.

I agree.  If you provide a constructor, I think it's OK to use plain 
old operator new.
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