Re: [boost] [Boost.Pool] TR1?

Subject: Re: [boost] [Boost.Pool] TR1?
From: Phil Bouchard (philippe_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-11 19:07:41

On 4/11/2011 1:54 PM, Nevin Liber wrote:
> On 11 April 2011 14:47, Phil Bouchard<philippe_at_[hidden]>  wrote:
>
>>
>> I see the Boost.Pool is not making its way up to the C++ standards yet an
>> it is very unfortunate given its great use.  Boost.Pool provides an
>> is_from() member function that does a simple range check and returns whether
>> a pointer is part of the pool or not.  This is a very useful function which
>> I think should be part of the standards because it could be used for the
>> global pool as well; i.e. the one used by operator ::new and ::delete.  The
>> benefits outweigh the costs.
>>
>
> What are the costs?

The cost of having to pollute the global namespace.

> As far as I know, there is no requirement that the heap be contiguous.

I meant range checks of the heap memory pages...

> Plus, the intent is that implementations can use C's malloc calls, and the
> malloc interface doesn't expose this.

This is actually surprising.

> If you seriously want this feature, contact your friendly neighborhood C
> committee member... :-)

I will, thanks.

-Phil