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-rw-r--r--include/clang/AST/ASTContext.h29
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/include/clang/AST/ASTContext.h b/include/clang/AST/ASTContext.h
index 723dd1748d..4a5d875373 100644
--- a/include/clang/AST/ASTContext.h
+++ b/include/clang/AST/ASTContext.h
@@ -1907,13 +1907,16 @@ static inline Selector GetUnarySelector(StringRef name, ASTContext& Ctx) {
} // end namespace clang
// operator new and delete aren't allowed inside namespaces.
-// The throw specifications are mandated by the standard.
+
/// @brief Placement new for using the ASTContext's allocator.
///
/// This placement form of operator new uses the ASTContext's allocator for
-/// obtaining memory. It is a non-throwing new, which means that it returns
-/// null on error. (If that is what the allocator does. The current does, so if
-/// this ever changes, this operator will have to be changed, too.)
+/// obtaining memory.
+///
+/// We intentionally avoid using a nothrow specification here so that the calls
+/// to this operator will not perform a null check on the result -- the
+/// underlying allocator never returns null pointers.
+///
/// Usage looks like this (assuming there's an ASTContext 'Context' in scope):
/// @code
/// // Default alignment (8)
@@ -1931,7 +1934,7 @@ static inline Selector GetUnarySelector(StringRef name, ASTContext& Ctx) {
/// allocator supports it).
/// @return The allocated memory. Could be NULL.
inline void *operator new(size_t Bytes, const clang::ASTContext &C,
- size_t Alignment) throw () {
+ size_t Alignment) {
return C.Allocate(Bytes, Alignment);
}
/// @brief Placement delete companion to the new above.
@@ -1940,14 +1943,17 @@ inline void *operator new(size_t Bytes, const clang::ASTContext &C,
/// invoking it directly; see the new operator for more details. This operator
/// is called implicitly by the compiler if a placement new expression using
/// the ASTContext throws in the object constructor.
-inline void operator delete(void *Ptr, const clang::ASTContext &C, size_t)
- throw () {
+inline void operator delete(void *Ptr, const clang::ASTContext &C, size_t) {
C.Deallocate(Ptr);
}
/// This placement form of operator new[] uses the ASTContext's allocator for
-/// obtaining memory. It is a non-throwing new[], which means that it returns
-/// null on error.
+/// obtaining memory.
+///
+/// We intentionally avoid using a nothrow specification here so that the calls
+/// to this operator will not perform a null check on the result -- the
+/// underlying allocator never returns null pointers.
+///
/// Usage looks like this (assuming there's an ASTContext 'Context' in scope):
/// @code
/// // Default alignment (8)
@@ -1965,7 +1971,7 @@ inline void operator delete(void *Ptr, const clang::ASTContext &C, size_t)
/// allocator supports it).
/// @return The allocated memory. Could be NULL.
inline void *operator new[](size_t Bytes, const clang::ASTContext& C,
- size_t Alignment = 8) throw () {
+ size_t Alignment = 8) {
return C.Allocate(Bytes, Alignment);
}
@@ -1975,8 +1981,7 @@ inline void *operator new[](size_t Bytes, const clang::ASTContext& C,
/// invoking it directly; see the new[] operator for more details. This operator
/// is called implicitly by the compiler if a placement new[] expression using
/// the ASTContext throws in the object constructor.
-inline void operator delete[](void *Ptr, const clang::ASTContext &C, size_t)
- throw () {
+inline void operator delete[](void *Ptr, const clang::ASTContext &C, size_t) {
C.Deallocate(Ptr);
}