phobos/std/experimental/allocator/null_allocator.d

module std.experimental.allocator.null_allocator;

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*/

/**
$(D NullAllocator) is an emphatically empty implementation of the allocator
interface. Although it has no direct use, it is useful as a "terminator" in
composite allocators.
*/
struct NullAllocator
{
    /**
    $(D NullAllocator) advertises a relatively large _alignment equal to 64 KB.
    This is because $(D NullAllocator) never actually needs to honor this
    alignment and because composite allocators using $(D NullAllocator)
    shouldn't be unnecessarily constrained.
    */
    enum uint alignment = 64 * 1024;
    /// Always returns $(D null).
    void[] allocate(size_t) shared { return null; }
    /// Always returns $(D null).
    void[] alignedAllocate(size_t, uint) shared { return null; }
    /// Always returns $(D null).
    void[] allocateAll() shared { return null; }
    /**
    These methods return $(D false).
    Precondition: $(D b is null). This is because there is no other possible
    legitimate input.
    */
    bool expand(ref void[] b, size_t) shared
    { assert(b is null); return false; }
    /// Ditto
    bool reallocate(ref void[] b, size_t) shared
    { assert(b is null); return false; }
    /// Ditto
    bool alignedReallocate(ref void[] b, size_t, uint) shared
    { assert(b is null); return false; }
    /// Returns $(D false).
    bool owns(void[] b) shared { return false; }
    /**
    Returns $(D null).
    */
    void[] resolveInternalPointer(void*) shared { return null; }
    /**
    No-op.
    Precondition: $(D b is null)
    */
    void deallocate(void[] b) shared { assert(b is null); }
    /**
    No-op.
    */
    void deallocateAll() shared { }
    /**
    Returns $(D true).
    */
    bool empty() shared { return true; }
    /**
    Returns the $(D shared) global instance of the $(D NullAllocator).
    */
    static shared NullAllocator it;
    /// No-op
    void markAllAsUnused() shared {}
    /// Returns $(D false).
    bool markAsUsed(void[]) shared { return false; }
    /// No-op
    void doneMarking() shared {}
}

unittest
{
    auto b = NullAllocator.it.allocate(100);
    assert(b is null);
    NullAllocator.it.deallocate(b);
    NullAllocator.it.deallocateAll();
    assert(!NullAllocator.it.owns(null));
}