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From: Matthew Heaney <matthew_heaney@acm.org>
Subject: Re: Freeing Pointers to classwide types
Date: 1998/10/09
Date: 1998-10-09T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3emsix65f.fsf@mheaney.ni.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 6v15au$7t0$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com

dewarr@my-dejanews.com writes:

> The answer is no, but so what? This is like asking if there is a way to
> define a function without using the function keyword, or whether there is
> a way to have concurrent execution without using the task keyword.
> Unchecked_Deallocation is for use in such contexts, why on earth worry
> about whether you can do unchecked deallocations without using
> Unchecked_Deallocation?

There are techniques for doing memory reclaimation that don't require
the use of Unchecked_Deallocation.

I think the issue is, Should you use UD without also specifying a
storage pool too?  I would answer, No.  It has been my experience that
using the UD off-the-shelf is a recipe for disaster.




  reply	other threads:[~1998-10-09  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-09-24  0:00 Freeing Pointers to classwide types joecool
1998-09-25  0:00 ` alan walkington
1998-09-25  0:00 ` Tom Moran
1998-09-25  0:00   ` Bob Fletcher
1998-09-25  0:00     ` Samuel Tardieu
1998-09-25  0:00     ` dennison
1998-10-09  0:00     ` Matthew Heaney
1998-10-12  0:00       ` Mats Weber
1998-10-12  0:00         ` Pat Rogers
1998-09-25  0:00   ` dewarr
1998-09-25  0:00     ` Tom Moran
1998-09-25  0:00       ` dewarr
1998-09-26  0:00     ` Tom Moran
1998-09-26  0:00       ` dewarr
1998-09-26  0:00         ` Tom Moran
1998-09-27  0:00           ` dewarr
1998-09-27  0:00             ` Tom Moran
1998-09-28  0:00               ` dewarr
1998-09-28  0:00                 ` Tom Moran
1998-09-28  0:00                   ` dewarr
1998-09-28  0:00                     ` Richard D Riehle
1998-09-28  0:00                       ` Pat Rogers
1998-09-29  0:00                       ` dewarr
1998-09-28  0:00                   ` dewarr
1998-09-28  0:00                     ` Tom Moran
1998-09-28  0:00                       ` Pat Rogers
1998-09-28  0:00                         ` Tom Moran
1998-09-28  0:00                           ` Pat Rogers
1998-09-29  0:00                           ` dewarr
1998-09-29  0:00                             ` Tom Moran
1998-09-30  0:00                               ` Tom Moran
1998-10-01  0:00                                 ` dewar
1998-10-01  0:00                                   ` Tom Moran
1998-10-01  0:00                                     ` Samuel Tardieu
1998-10-01  0:00                                       ` Tom Moran
1998-10-01  0:00                                         ` Tucker Taft
1998-10-01  0:00                                           ` Tom Moran
1998-10-02  0:00                                           ` dewarr
1998-10-02  0:00                                             ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-10-02  0:00                                               ` dewarr
1998-10-02  0:00                                           ` dennison
1998-10-02  0:00                                             ` dewarr
1998-10-01  0:00                                         ` dennison
1998-10-02  0:00                                         ` dewarr
1998-10-09  0:00                                           ` Matthew Heaney [this message]
1998-10-09  0:00                                             ` dennison
1998-10-09  0:00                                               ` Matthew Heaney
1998-10-01  0:00                                     ` dewarr
1998-10-01  0:00                                       ` Tom Moran
1998-10-01  0:00                                     ` dewarr
1998-09-28  0:00                       ` Tom Moran
1998-09-28  0:00                         ` Brian Rogoff
1998-10-09  0:00           ` Matthew Heaney
1998-10-09  0:00   ` Matthew Heaney
1998-09-26  0:00 ` Simon Wright
1998-10-09  0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-10-09  0:00   ` Niklas Holsti
1998-10-10  0:00     ` Matthew Heaney
1998-10-11  0:00       ` Niklas Holsti
1998-10-11  0:00         ` Matthew Heaney
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1998-09-25  0:00 bpr5549
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