return_temporary_buffer return_temporary_buffer Category: allocators Component type: function Prototype template <class T> void return_temporary_buffer(T* p); Description Return_temporary_buffer is used to deallocate memory that was allocated using get_temporary_buffer. [1] Note: get_temporary_buffer and return_temporary_buffer are only provided for backward compatibility. If you are writing new code, you should instead use the temporary_buffer class. Definition Defined in the standard header memory, and in the nonstandard backward-compatibility header algo.h. Requirements on types Preconditions The argument p is a pointer to a block of memory that was allocated using get_temporary_buffer(ptrdiff_t, T*). Complexity Example int main() { pair<int*, ptrdiff_t> P = get_temporary_buffer(10000, (int*) 0); int* buf = P.first; ptrdiff_t N = P.second; uninitialized_fill_n(buf, N, 42); int* result = find_if(buf, buf + N, bind2nd(not_equal_to<int>(), 42)); assert(result == buf + N); return_temporary_buffer(buf); } Notes [1] As is always true, memory that was allocated using a particular allocation function must be deallocated using the corresponding deallocation function. Memory obtained using get_temporary_buffer must be deallocated using return_temporary_buffer, rather than using free or ::operator delete. See also temporary_buffer, get_temporary_buffer, Allocators Copyright © 1999 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All Rights Reserved. TrademarkInformation