On Sep 25, 2013, at 3:33 PM, Chandler Carruth <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Howard Hinnant <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 20.8.9.1 [allocator.members]/p6:
> 
> > Remark: the storage is obtained by calling ::operator new(std::size_t) 
> > (18.6.1), but it is unspec- ified when or how often this function is 
> > called. The use of hint is unspecified, but intended as an aid to locality 
> > if an implementation so desires.
> 
> The question becomes, if we make this substitution, is there a test the user 
> can write to observe it?  Is there an LWG issue here?
> 
> I *believe* that by writing a new expression, you get *precisely* this 
> behavior: storage is obtained by calling ::operator new, but when or how 
> often can change via the implementation (N3664).

Doesn't new char[n] have to call ::operator new[](n) instead of ::operator 
new(n)?  These two operators are separately overloadable by the client.

http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2158.html

If we switch, I think the wrong operator new gets called, and the user can 
detect that.

Howard



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