What is missing is a "placement delete" expression, as in your
example. The reason, as explained in the ARM and in D&E is that
no suitable syntax could be found. The obvious syntax leads to
ambiguities.

You can call the destructor and corresponding operator delete
explicitly:

        T* p = new (handle) T(args);
        ...
        p->~T();
        operator delete (handle) p;

For an array of objects, you have to write your own loop to
destroy all the elements. Remember to write it to run backwards.

--
Steve Clamage, stephen.clam...@sun.com

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