Re: Performer and C++

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Steve Baker (steve++at++mred.bgm.link.com)
Wed, 16 Apr 97 13:39:21 -0500

Robert C Subr wrote:
> I am new at C++ and have a question concerning the PF shared arena. How do I
> setup my user classes so they are defined in the pfsharedarena when the
> operator new is used or deleted from the pfsharedarena when the operator delete
> is called? Or is there another correct way of doing this? Any help or simple
> examples would be greatly appreciated.

Jan Barglowski <jan++at++euryale.chinalake.navy.mil> replied:

> Here's what I've done:
> myClass *myClassPtr;
> myClassPtr = (myClass *) pfMalloc(sizeof(myClass), pfGetSharedArena());

Aaaaarrrggghhhh!

Please don't do that - it bypasses the class constructor function - and
for most classes, that will be a disaster!

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