Re: [Boost-users] custom allocators Re:pool_alloc

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] custom allocators Re:pool_alloc
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-18 10:16:57

AMDG

B Hart wrote:
> 1.  when the set goes out of scope does the instance of the class get
> destroyed?  As I understand, singleton only guarantees that there is
> one instance, so the implementation semantics could vary.  e.g. the
> singleton is more like a class factory guaranteeing 1 instance.
> 2.  When the set goes out of scope is any memory released?  Setting
> the node to it's internal node type sort of implies that the memory
> has been released already.
>   

The memory is released back to the pool, but not to the system, when
the set is destroyed.

> 3.  "the allocator actually used by the set is using a different underlying
> pool than v"...what do you mean??? there are two pools.  I'm getting confused.
>   

There is one pool for each size of object.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe