microsoft / microsoft/mimalloc

new/delete operator macro hooks

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Description

Some loose idea.

We have this new-delete include file that implements all possible functions. Would be cool to add some macros inside, that by default would map to nothing but allow to define them before including header and hook calls to Tracy for example ( TracyAlloc(ptr, size) TracyFree(ptr) etc ).
This way users would not need to write custom new/delete overrides and updating Mimalloc will not override any such custom modyficatjons in this file.

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Locate the new-delete include file and review the functions it implements and the existing customization behavior. Clarify which allocation and deallocation hooks are needed, how they are defined before inclusion, and how no-op defaults should behave; done would include coverage for a Tracy-style integration without requiring custom new/delete overrides.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
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