Re: [boost] [container] Implemented Polymorphic Memory Resources

Subject: Re: [boost] [container] Implemented Polymorphic Memory Resources
From: Tim Song (t.canens.cpp_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-09-09 01:04:58

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 7:57 AM, Ion Gaztañaga <igaztanaga_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Good point. The specification says they return:
>
> "A pointer to a static-duration object of a type"
>
> Both classes are empty but we need to initialize the virtual function
> pointer. We could make some lazy initialization via placement new as the
> destructor is trivial and just avoid the explicit placement destruction.
> Could this be acceptable?
>
> Best,
>
> Ion
>

Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but why can't they use function-local
statics?

Tim