NAME¶

std::get_temporary_buffer - std::get_temporary_buffer

Synopsis¶

Defined in header <memory>
template< class T >

std::pair<T*, std::ptrdiff_t> (until C++11)

get_temporary_buffer( std::ptrdiff_t count );
template< class T >
(since C++11)
std::pair<T*, std::ptrdiff_t> (deprecated in C++17)
(removed in C++20)
get_temporary_buffer( std::ptrdiff_t count ) noexcept;

Allocates uninitialized contiguous storage, which should be sufficient to store up
to count adjacent objects of type T. The request is non-binding and the
implementation may allocate less or more than necessary to store count adjacent
objects.

Parameters¶

count - the desired number of objects

Return value¶

A std::pair holding a pointer to the beginning of the allocated storage and the
number of objects that fit in the storage that was actually allocated.

If no memory could be allocated, or allocated storage is not enough to store a
single element of type T, the first element of the result is a null pointer and the
second element is zero.

Notes¶

This API was originally designed with the intent of providing a more efficient
implementation than the general-purpose operator new, but no such implementation was
created and the API was deprecated and removed.

Example¶

// Run this code

#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
#include <iterator>

int main()
{
const std::string s[] = {"string", "1", "test", "..."};
const auto p = std::get_temporary_buffer<std::string>(4);
// requires that p.first is passed to return_temporary_buffer
// (beware of early exit points and exceptions)

std::copy(s, s + p.second,
std::raw_storage_iterator<std::string*, std::string>(p.first));
// has same effect as: std::uninitialized_copy(s, s + p.second, p.first);
// requires that each string in p is individually destroyed
// (beware of early exit points and exceptions)

std::copy(p.first, p.first + p.second,
std::ostream_iterator<std::string>{std::cout, "\n"});

std::for_each(p.first, p.first + p.second, [](std::string& e) {
e.~basic_string<char>();
}); // same as: std::destroy(p.first, p.first + p.second);

std::return_temporary_buffer(p.first);
}

Output:¶

string
1
test
...

See also¶

return_temporary_buffer frees uninitialized storage
(deprecated in C++17) (function template)
(removed in C++20)