{ Note followups to comp.std.c++. -mod clc++m }

oliva@dcc.unicamp.br (Alexandre Oliva) writes:

>Section 5.3.4 [expr.new] of the Jan'96 DWP states:

Articles like this should be posted to comp.std.c++ rather than
comp.lang.c++.moderated.  I've crossposted and redirected followups there.

>19A  declaration of placement operator delete matches the declaration of
>  a placement operator new when it has the same number of parameters and
>  all  parameter  types except the first are identical disregarding top-
>  level cv-qualifiers.
>
>This seems to  imply that operator delete may  be overloaded, and  may
>have as many formal arguments as desired.

Yes, that's right.

>However,
>
>Section 3.7.3.2 [basic.stc.dynamic.deallocation] states:
>
>2 Each  deallocation  function shall return void and its first parameter
>  shall be void*.  For class member  deallocation  functions,  a  second
>  parameter  of  type size_t (_lib.support.types_) may be added. If both
>  versions are declared in the same class, the one-parameter form is the
>  usual  deallocation  function  and  the two-parameter form is used for
>  placement delete (_expr.new_). If the second version is  declared  but
>  not  the  first,  it is the usual deallocation function, not placement
>  delete.
>
>This seems   not  to allow  those  matching operator  delete's   to be
>declared.

You are misinterpreting this paragraph.  It does not prohibit overloading
operator delete, or using as many formal arguments as desired.

(Which sentence in the above paragraph did you think prohibited
declaring those matching `operator delete's?)

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