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#ifndef _MEMORYPOOL_H
#define _MEMORYPOOL_H

#include <stdint.h>
// #include <cstdio>
#include <stdlib.h>

#ifdef MEMDEBUG
    #define MDEBUG(...) printf(__VA_ARGS__)
#else
    #define MDEBUG(...) do {} while (0)
#endif

#include "StreamOutput.h"

/*
 * with MUCH thanks to http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/memory-pools.html
 *
 * test framework at https://gist.github.com/triffid/5563987
 */

class MemoryPool
{
public:
    MemoryPool(void* base, uint16_t size);
    ~MemoryPool();

    void* alloc(size_t);
    void  dealloc(void* p);

    void  debug(StreamOutput*);

    bool  has(void*);

    uint32_t free(void);

    MemoryPool* next;

    static MemoryPool* first;

private:
    void* base;
    uint16_t size;
};

// this overloads "placement new"
inline void* operator new(size_t nbytes, MemoryPool& pool)
{
    return pool.alloc(nbytes);
}

// this allows placement new to free memory if the constructor fails
inline void  operator delete(void* p, MemoryPool& pool)
{
    pool.dealloc(p);
}

// this catches all usages of delete blah. The object's destructor is called before we get here
// it first checks if the deleted object is part of a pool, and uses free otherwise.
inline void  operator delete(void* p)
{
    MemoryPool* m = MemoryPool::first;
    while (m)
    {
        if (m->has(p))
        {
            MDEBUG("Pool %p has %p, using dealloc()\n", m, p);
            m->dealloc(p);
            return;
        }
        m = m->next;
    }

    MDEBUG("no pool has %p, using free()\n", p);
    free(p);
}

#endif /* _MEMORYPOOL_H */