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

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] custom allocators Re:pool_alloc
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-19 14:54:29

AMDG

Eric Whitcombe wrote:
> Sorry, if this is a little late to be helpful but I thought I'd add 
> this for historical purposes for anyone looking at this thread to deal 
> with their own problem. All STL containers use allocators to allocate 
> and initialize the memory to store the _elements_ in the container not 
> the node structure.

This is not true.

> The containers definition of the data structures that support the 
> implentation details are purely internal. The allocator interface is 
> paramterized on the type of the container element.

All node based containers use rebind to get
an allocator for the internal node type.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe