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      1 // The -*- C++ -*- dynamic memory management header.
      2 
      3 // Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
      4 // 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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      6 
      7 // This file is part of GCC.
      8 //
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     22 
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     27 
     28 /** @file new
     29  *  This is a Standard C++ Library header.
     30  *
     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.
     34  */
     35 
     36 #ifndef _NEW
     37 #define _NEW
     38 
     39 #include <cstddef>
     40 #include <exception>
     41 
     42 #pragma GCC visibility push(default)
     43 
     44 extern "C++" {
     45 
     46 namespace std 
     47 {
     48   /**
     49    *  @brief  Exception possibly thrown by @c new.
     50    *  @ingroup exceptions
     51    *
     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 
     55   {
     56   public:
     57     bad_alloc() throw() { }
     58 
     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();
     62 
     63     // See comment in eh_exception.cc.
     64     virtual const char* what() const throw();
     65   };
     66 
     67   struct nothrow_t { };
     68 
     69   extern const nothrow_t nothrow;
     70 
     71   /** If you write your own error handler to be called by @c new, it must
     72    *  be of this type.  */
     73   typedef void (*new_handler)();
     74 
     75   /// Takes a replacement handler as the argument, returns the
     76   /// previous handler.
     77   new_handler set_new_handler(new_handler) throw();
     78 } // namespace std
     79 
     80 //@{
     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
     85  *    @c NULL on error)
     86  *  - @c nothrow array new and delete (same)
     87  *
     88  *  Placement new and delete signatures (take a memory address argument,
     89  *  does nothing) may not be replaced by a user's program.
     90 */
     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();
     99 
    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; }
    103 
    104 // Default placement versions of operator delete.
    105 inline void  operator delete  (void*, void*) throw() { }
    106 inline void  operator delete[](void*, void*) throw() { }
    107 //@}
    108 } // extern "C++"
    109 
    110 #pragma GCC visibility pop
    111 
    112 #endif
    113