allocate

Allocate is a library containing an aligned allocator. The aligned allocator should provide memory allocation for STL containers which are aligned on a specific byte boundary.

Our use-case for allocate is to ensure that if used with a std::vector then the buffer will start at the specified byte boundary.

The allocator may be used with a std::vector like this:

std::vector<uint8_t, allocate::aligned_allocator<uint8_t>> data;

The allocator defaults to 32 bit alignment - the lowest common denominator on the supported platforms.

The allocator is based on the code example from: The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 1999

Usage

See unit tests for usage.

Use as Dependency in CMake

To depend on this project when using the CMake build system, add the following in your CMake build script:

add_subdirectory("/path/to/allocate" allocate)
target_link_libraries(<my_target> steinwurf::allocate)

Where <my_target> is replaced by your target.