From 5f8de423f190bbb79a62f804151bc24824fa32d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Matt A. Tobin" Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 04:16:08 -0500 Subject: Add m-esr52 at 52.6.0 --- memory/fallible/fallible.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+) create mode 100644 memory/fallible/fallible.h (limited to 'memory/fallible/fallible.h') diff --git a/memory/fallible/fallible.h b/memory/fallible/fallible.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c028360b1 --- /dev/null +++ b/memory/fallible/fallible.h @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file, + * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ + +#ifndef mozilla_fallible_h +#define mozilla_fallible_h + +#if defined(__cplusplus) + +/* Explicit fallible allocation + * + * Memory allocation (normally) defaults to abort in case of failed + * allocation. That is, it never returns NULL, and crashes instead. + * + * Code can explicitely request for fallible memory allocation thanks + * to the declarations below. + * + * The typical use of the mozilla::fallible const is with placement new, + * like the following: + * + * foo = new (mozilla::fallible) Foo(); + * + * The following forms, or derivatives, are also possible but deprecated: + * + * foo = new ((mozilla::fallible_t())) Foo(); + * + * const mozilla::fallible_t fallible = mozilla::fallible_t(); + * bar = new (f) Bar(); + * + * It is also possible to declare method overloads with fallible allocation + * alternatives, like so: + * + * class Foo { + * public: + * void Method(void *); + * void Method(void *, const mozilla::fallible_t&); + * }; + * + * Foo foo; + * foo.Method(nullptr, mozilla::fallible); + * + * If that last method call is in a method that itself takes a const + * fallible_t& argument, it is recommended to propagate that argument + * instead of using mozilla::fallible: + * + * void Func(Foo &foo, const mozilla::fallible_t& aFallible) { + * foo.Method(nullptr, aFallible); + * } + * + */ +namespace mozilla { + +struct fallible_t { }; + +/* This symbol is kept unexported, such that in corner cases where the + * compiler can't remove its use (essentially, cross compilation-unit + * calls), the smallest machine code is used. + * Depending how the linker packs symbols, it will consume between 1 and + * 8 bytes of read-only data in each executable or shared library, but + * only in those where it's actually not optimized out by the compiler. + */ +extern const fallible_t fallible; + +} // namespace mozilla + +#endif + +#endif // mozilla_fallible_h -- cgit v1.2.3