On Wednesday, 8 March 2017 at 06:42:40 UTC, ag0aep6g wrote:
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Yes and yes. GCAllocator.allocate calls core.memory.GC.malloc
with does pretty much the same thing as the builtin `new`.
Nitpicking: `new` is typed (i.e. allocation+construction),
`malloc` and `allocate` are not (only allocation). If you want
allocation *and* construction with the new Allocator interface,
you'll want to use the make[1] (and dispose[2] for the reverse
path) template function; and they are a superset of `new`: You
cannot, e.g., construct a delegate with new, but you can with
`make`.
[1] https://dlang.org/phobos/std_experimental_allocator.html#.make
[2]
https://dlang.org/phobos/std_experimental_allocator.html#.dispose
