Re: alloca / _alloca / dynamic stack memory

On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 12:57:33 -0800, Michael Crawley
<MichaelCrawley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

class _StackAlloc{};
const _StackAlloc StackAlloc; // Used only to resolve overloaded
method/operator

void* Object::operator new(size_t size, const _StackAlloc& stackAlloc)
{
// Allocation on stack
// ...

// Return Pointer to allocated memory
__asm push pointer onto stack;
__asm jmp (return address); // Jump out of the current stack frame
};

// Calls destructor, but does not free memory until the
// current function returns
void Object::Dispose(const StackAlloc& stackAlloc)
{
// Invoke Distructor
this->~Object(); // Virtual Base destructor

// Perform other operations specific to this
// memory allocation method
// ...
};

class String : public Object
{
public:
// ...
private:
~String(){...}; // Means this type can only be on allocated on dynamic
memory
};

int main()
{
String str("bad"); // Compiler error, cannot access private distructor
String* str1 = new(Heap) String("better"); // Ok
String* str2 = new String("better"); // Ok
String* str3 = new(StackAlloc) String("better"); // OK, faster than
str1/str2

What does String have for data?

--
Doug Harrison
Visual C++ MVP
.

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