overloading operator new and operator delete

[venkat-gvk]

Shouldn't the generated output prefix the keyword 'static' in member function as operator new and delete functions are static by default?

operator new and delete

[andreasfertig]

Hello @venkat-gvk,

thanks for bringing this up! I believe what C++ Insights shows is correct. We can have both a static and non-static version. It is up to us to say when the operator should be static. See cppreference.com/w/cpp/memory/new/operator_new

... Both single-object and array allocation functions may be defined as public static member functions of a class (versions (15-18)). ...

See below for the correct answer.

Andreas

[venkat-gvk]

Thanks for the reference

Venkat

[andreasfertig]

Hello @venkat-gvk,

my appologies but my initial answer was wrong. You're right, the overloaded operators new and delete are implicitly static. Here is the correct source: [class.free]

A fix is on its way.

Andreas