[XERCESC-1380] Unneccessary definition of extra delete operator causes compiler error

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.6.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.1.0
• Environment: Solaris 2.8 with compiler SPARCompiler 4.2
• Assignee: Alberto Massari
• Reporter: Maciek Samsel
• Created: 17/Mar/05 06:33
• Updated: 12/Mar/18 03:01
• Resolved: 04/Aug/09 08:55

Description

So anyway why do you need to define that extra delete operator?:

//The Borland compiler is complaining about duplicate overloading of delete
#if !defined(XML_BORLAND)
/**

• This method provides a matching delete for the placement new
  *
• @param p The pointer to the allocated memory
• @param memMgr An application's memory manager
  */
  void operator delete(void* p, MemoryManager* memMgr);
  #endif

SPARCompiler 4.2 (as probably a few others) does not recognize that operator as valid and report an error.

Please make appropriate macro declarations (not only for Borland as it is now) in platform specific files as well as conditional generation check in files:

xerces-c-src_2_6_0/src/xercesc/util/XMemory.hpp
xerces-c-src_2_6_0/src/xercesc/util/XMemory.cpp

The check could be as follows:

#if !defined(XML_BORLAND) && !defined(NO_DELETE_OVERLOAD)
...
#endif

FYI, the code compiles just fine without operator.