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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: Support for per allocation pool selection (was: Better support
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Laurent Guerby <guerby@acm.org> writes:

> pragma Use_Pool_Object (T_Ptr, Pool_Object);
> 
> then all allocations (via new) of type T_Ptr use the given Pool_Object
> in the current scope (and until the next pragma), no new syntax then.

I'd prefer new syntax for "new".  But the pragma might be easier for
some folks to swallow.

> No other people have expressed interest so far. Do you think if I
> write down a proposal, it would be considered?

Yes, but I won't bet that it will actually happen.

By the way, this idea was considered (and rejected) during the Ada 9X
design.  I never understood why Tucker didn't like it, and we had too
much else to worry about at the time, so I never really got around to
asking.

- Bob