A "stateless"
malloc()
wrapper. In
(a)
,
malloc()
returns a pointer (mptr) to a block, the size of which is purposefully set longer than needed.
In
(b)
, the wrapper locates the first aligned address within the block and stores the original pointer just "behind" it. The aligned pointer (aptr) is returned to the application. Later, a wrapper around
free()
can retrieve the original pointer by looking behind aptr.
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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