Re: [boost] boost::pool nextof method

Subject: Re: [boost] boost::pool nextof method
From: Francois Duranleau (xiao.bai.xiong_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-01-31 08:22:57

On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Gilbert Polo <gpolo1_at_[hidden]>wrote:

>         I am currently learning how to use the boost pool library.
> However, I have a question regarding the nextof of method found in the
> class simple_segregated_storage.hpp. How does the increment of the void
> pointer work. How does it know how much to increment the void pointer by in
> order to get to the next chunk?
>

It does not have to know, it is a linked list of chunks. The address of the
next free chunk is stored right at the start of each free chunk.

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François