每个花哨的指针都应该是迭代器吗?

时间:2017-07-16 19:28:45

标签: c++ crtp allocator fancy-pointers

我正在为C ++开发基于段的内存分配器。在此分配器中,当您释放一块内存时,您必须知道它来自哪个。因此,我正在存储一个指向段的指针,作为从分配器的pointer函数返回的幻想allocate的成员。

只是为了显示我正在谈论的界面:这是支持我的分配器的fancy_memory_resource ...

template<class Ptr>
class fancy_memory_resource {
public:
    Ptr allocate(size_t bytes, size_t align = alignof(max_align_t)) {
        return do_allocate(bytes, align);
    }
    void deallocate(Ptr p, size_t bytes, size_t align = alignof(max_align_t)) {
        return do_deallocate(p, bytes, align);
    }
    bool is_equal(const fancy_memory_resource& rhs) const noexcept {
        return do_is_equal(rhs);
    }
    virtual ~fancy_memory_resource() = default;
private:
    virtual Ptr do_allocate(size_t bytes, size_t align) = 0;
    virtual void do_deallocate(Ptr p, size_t bytes, size_t align) = 0;
    virtual bool do_is_equal(const fancy_memory_resource& rhs) const noexcept = 0;
};

(请注意,std::pmr::memory_resource可以作为fancy_memory_resource<void*>的typedef实现。这是我的故意。)

同时,有问题的Ptr是一个名为segmented_fancy_pointer<T>的花式指针类型(未图示),它继承自CRTP类型fancy_ptr_base<T, segmented_fancy_pointer<T>> ......

template<class T, class CRTP>
struct fancy_ptr_base {
    constexpr T *ptr() const noexcept { return m_ptr; }
    constexpr explicit operator T*() const noexcept { return ptr(); }
    constexpr explicit operator bool() const noexcept { return ptr() != nullptr; }
    constexpr bool operator==(CRTP b) const { return ptr() == b.ptr(); }
    constexpr bool operator!=(CRTP b) const { return ptr() != b.ptr(); }
    constexpr bool operator==(decltype(nullptr)) const { return ptr() == nullptr; }
    constexpr bool operator!=(decltype(nullptr)) const { return ptr() != nullptr; }
    constexpr bool operator<(CRTP b) const { return ptr() < b.ptr(); }
    constexpr bool operator<=(CRTP b) const { return ptr() <= b.ptr(); }
    constexpr bool operator>(CRTP b) const { return ptr() > b.ptr(); }
    constexpr bool operator>=(CRTP b) const { return ptr() >= b.ptr(); }
    constexpr T& operator*() const noexcept { return *ptr(); }
    constexpr T* operator->() const noexcept { return ptr(); }
    constexpr CRTP& operator+=(ptrdiff_t i) { m_ptr += i; return as_crtp(); }
    constexpr CRTP& operator-=(ptrdiff_t i) { m_ptr -= i; return as_crtp(); }
    constexpr CRTP& operator++() { ++m_ptr; return as_crtp(); }
    constexpr CRTP& operator--() { --m_ptr; return as_crtp(); }
    constexpr CRTP operator++(int) { auto r(as_crtp()); ++*this; return r; }
    constexpr CRTP operator--(int) { auto r(as_crtp()); --*this; return r; }
    constexpr CRTP operator+(ptrdiff_t i) const { auto r(as_crtp()); r += i; return r; }
    constexpr CRTP operator-(ptrdiff_t i) const { auto r(as_crtp()); r -= i; return r; }
    constexpr ptrdiff_t operator-(CRTP b) const { return ptr() - b.ptr(); }

protected:
    T *m_ptr = nullptr;
private:
    constexpr CRTP& as_crtp() { return *static_cast<CRTP*>(this); }
    constexpr const CRTP& as_crtp() const { return *static_cast<const CRTP*>(this); }
};

template<class CRTP>
struct fancy_ptr_base<void, CRTP> {
    constexpr void *ptr() const noexcept { return m_ptr; }
    constexpr explicit operator void*() const noexcept { return ptr(); }
    constexpr explicit operator bool() const noexcept { return ptr() != nullptr; }
    constexpr bool operator==(CRTP b) const { return ptr() == b.ptr(); }
    constexpr bool operator!=(CRTP b) const { return ptr() != b.ptr(); }
    constexpr bool operator==(decltype(nullptr)) const { return ptr() == nullptr; }
    constexpr bool operator!=(decltype(nullptr)) const { return ptr() != nullptr; }
    constexpr bool operator<(CRTP b) const { return ptr() < b.ptr(); }
    constexpr bool operator<=(CRTP b) const { return ptr() <= b.ptr(); }
    constexpr bool operator>(CRTP b) const { return ptr() > b.ptr(); }
    constexpr bool operator>=(CRTP b) const { return ptr() >= b.ptr(); }
protected:
    void *m_ptr = nullptr;
};

现在提出真正的问题。当我使用libc ++的segmented_allocator<T>使用std::vector(未图示)时,一切正常。当我尝试将它与libstdc ++的std::vector一起使用时,它失败了:

In file included from /opt/wandbox/gcc-head/include/c++/8.0.0/bits/stl_algobase.h:67:0,
                 from /opt/wandbox/gcc-head/include/c++/8.0.0/vector:60,
                 from prog.cc:1984:
/opt/wandbox/gcc-head/include/c++/8.0.0/bits/stl_iterator.h: In instantiation of 'class __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<scratch::segmented_fancy_pointer<int>, std::vector<int, scratch::pmr::propagating_polymorphic_allocator<int, scratch::segmented_fancy_pointer<int> > > >':
/opt/wandbox/gcc-head/include/c++/8.0.0/bits/vector.tcc:105:25:   required from 'std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::reference std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::emplace_back(_Args&& ...) [with _Args = {int}; _Tp = int; _Alloc = scratch::pmr::propagating_polymorphic_allocator<int, scratch::segmented_fancy_pointer<int> >; std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::reference = int&]'
/opt/wandbox/gcc-head/include/c++/8.0.0/bits/stl_vector.h:954:21:   required from 'void std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::push_back(std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::value_type&&) [with _Tp = int; _Alloc = scratch::pmr::propagating_polymorphic_allocator<int, scratch::segmented_fancy_pointer<int> >; std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::value_type = int]'
prog.cc:1990:18:   required from here
/opt/wandbox/gcc-head/include/c++/8.0.0/bits/stl_iterator.h:770:57: error: no type named 'iterator_category' in 'struct std::iterator_traits<scratch::segmented_fancy_pointer<int> >'
       typedef typename __traits_type::iterator_category iterator_category;
                                                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

现在,我可以通过将“迭代器特征”typedef添加到fancy_ptr_base<T, CRTP>中来解决此问题,如下所示:

    using pointer = CRTP;
    using reference = T&;
    using value_type = std::remove_cv_t<T>;
    using iterator_category = std::random_access_iterator_tag;
    using difference_type = ptrdiff_t;

但我应该这样做吗? 必需是否每个花哨的指针类型都是迭代器类型?或者libc ++正在做正确的事情而libstdc ++的vector只有一个错误吗?

(我已经说服了自己most iterators are not fancy pointers。这个问题的动机是我突然怀疑所有花哨的指针确实是迭代器。)

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:2)

是的,您需要实现Random Access Iterator的所有要求。 C ++标准[allocator.requirements] / 5:

  

分配器类型X应该...... X::pointerX::const_pointer也应满足随机访问迭代器的要求。

因此,特别是,您的花式指针类型需要每个iterator所需的五种成员类型。

您似乎也缺少fancy_memory_resource<Ptr>::value_type,几个需要的非会员功能以及一些noexcept个关键字。请仔细阅读requirements for allocator types及其指针类型。