Re: XMemory flaws

2005-01-17 Thread Alberto Massari
Hi Sam, At 18.56 13/01/2005 +, Sam Lindley wrote: Is the motivation for the design of XMemory documented anywhere? I digged the archive, and I found the e-mail where Khaled introduced the new design: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xerces-c-dev&m=104991662719824&w=2 There you will find an exp

XMemory flaws

2005-01-13 Thread Sam Lindley
Is the motivation for the design of XMemory documented anywhere? There appear to be some basic flaws in its design. In Item 22 of his new book: Exceptional C++ Style, Herb Sutter (the chair of the C++ standards commitee) gives some useful guidelines for overloading new: 1) If you provide any cl