[Exceptional C++ Style] Item 20: Containers in Memory, Part 1: Levels of Memory Management.

[Paul Grenyer]

Hi

>> Does anyone else think that Herb doesn't really answer the JG question: 
>> "What are memory managers (also known as memory allocators) and what is 
>> their basic function?
>
> There is an implicit answer, the memory manager is the thingy that serves 
> the pasky containers with the memory they request; and the one that uses 
> one of those shiny strategies. ;-)

The passage is:

"To understand the total cost of using various containers, it's important to 
understand the basics of how the underlying dynamic memory allocation 
works - after all, the container has to get its memory from some memory 
manager somewhere, and that manager in turn has to figure out how to parcel 
out available memory by applying some more management strategy."

Yeah, ok, I suppose the line "after all, the container has to get its memory 
from some memory manager somewhere" implies that memory managers get memory 
for containers......

Regards
Paul

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