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Yeah I think it's very situational. Like an arena allocator is going to give you a tremendous bump in allocation performance since you just allocate once and re

by winrid 7y ago

Yeah I think it's very situational. Like an arena allocator is going to give you a tremendous bump in allocation performance since you just allocate once and replace memory every frame - to give the gaming industry example.

BubRoss 7y ago
An arena allocator isn't going to be the underpinning of the new operator.
- saagarjha 7y ago
  It could be!
- enhray 7y ago
  I think it’s the other way around. Instead of redefining operator new() to allocate from an arena, user allocates memory from the arena and then constructs instance there using placement new.
  - winrid 7y ago
    Right