RE: xerces new/delete

[Abbate, Joseph M]

Title: RE: xerces new/delete

Hi Paul,

You wrote ...

> Hi! My app is using xerces-2.6.0 and another third
> party library called ogre-0.15.0 (www.ogre3d.org).
> The problem is, ogre defines the functions new and
> delete in OgreMemoryManager.h.  But xerces also
> defines this in XMemory.hpp.  The new/delete functions
> in both ogre and xerces are global.  On compile,
> visual studio points out the already declared
> functions. 
>
> Ogre is as big a project as xerces.  I strongly
> believe that I cannot modify either source codes by
> myself manually.  Any ideas on how to solve this?

You may want to take a look at Chapter 13 of the book /C++ in Action/ which is available online at http://www.relisoft.com/book/tech/9new.html. It has quite a good explanation of both class-specific and global operator new that may help you deal with your problem.

Regards,

Joe Abbate
Senior Software Engineer
Computer Associates
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