Frictionless Allocators
Explore a comprehensive conference talk on frictionless allocators in C++, delving into the benefits of user-controlled memory allocation strategies and addressing the complexities of implementing allocator-aware software. Learn about potential language extensions to simplify allocator-aware code, gain insights from early prototype implementations, and understand the process of proposing changes to the ISO C++ committee. Discover the speaker's experience with the BDE project and Bloomberg's open-source libraries, which offer a foundation for C++ development including a standard library implementation supporting the polymorphic allocator model adopted by C++17. Examine various aspects of allocators, including their importance, performance benefits, and limitations, while also exploring topics such as allocator traits, memory resources, and the scoped allocator model.