std.allocator needs your help

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 9/23/13 1:32 PM, Timon Gehr wrote:
> One issue you will probably run into and maybe want to fix in some way
> during the typed allocator design is that private constructors cannot be
> called from templates parameterized on types.

Hrm, that's a real problem. We've ran into it at work when we were 
trying to replace a macro with a template. The macro is automatically 
friend with everyone! :o)

> Is there an intention to also support replacements of instance new
> allocations, i.e. object.new subobject(args)?

It's a good point to keep in mind as we move further with this.


Andrei