placement new之返回值

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
using namespace std;

class A  
{  
public:  
    A(int arg = 5)  
    {  
        cout<<"call A constructor"<<endl;  
		a = arg;
    }  
    ~A() 
    {  
        cout<<"call A destructor"<<endl;  
    }  
    void* operator new(size_t size)  
    {  
        cout<<"call A::operator new"<<endl;  
        return malloc(size);  
    } 
	void operator delete(void *ptr)
	{
		cout<<"call A::operator delete"<<endl;  
		free(ptr); 
	}
	void* operator new(size_t size, void *pMem)
	{
		cout << "call A::placement new" << endl;
		return (static_cast<int *>(pMem)) + 1;
	}
	void operator delete(void *ptr, void *pMem)
	{
		::operator delete(ptr, pMem);
	}
	void print_data()
	{
		cout << a << endl << b << endl;
	}
private:
	int a;
	int b;
};

int main()  
{  
    A *pa = new A;
	pa->print_data();
	new(pa) A(6);
	pa->print_data();
	delete pa;
    return 0;
}

程序输出结果：

call A::operator new
call A constructor
5
0
call A::placement new
call A constructor
5
6
call A destructor
call A::operator delete

由程序执行结果可知，代码

new(pa) A(6);

先调用

operator new(size_t size, void *pMem)

然后调用构造函数，构造函数构造时传入的this指针地址为operator new的返回值，构造函数中a = arg 即this ->a = arg,a的地址由this指针地址加上对应的偏移算出，这才导致最终a = 5并未赋值，而b在构造函数中被赋值为6。所以，一般来说，placement new的返回值应为传入的指针。