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+/* safe_memory.h
+
+   Copyright 2002 Red Hat, Inc.
+
+This file is part of Cygwin.
+
+This software is a copyrighted work licensed under the terms of the
+Cygwin license.  Please consult the file "CYGWIN_LICENSE" for
+details. */
+
+#ifndef __SAFE_MEMORY_H__
+#define __SAFE_MEMORY_H__
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+/* Temporary hack to get around the thread-unsafe new/delete in cygwin
+ * gcc 2.95.3.  This should all be binned at the first opportunity,
+ * e.g. gcc 3.1 or sooner.
+ *
+ * The trick here is to do contruction via malloc(3) and then the
+ * placement new operator, and destruction via an explicit call to the
+ * destructor and then free(3).
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+inline void *operator new (size_t, void *__p) throw () { return __p; }
+
+#define safe_new0(T) (new (malloc (sizeof (T))) T)
+
+#ifdef NEW_MACRO_VARARGS
+
+#define safe_new(T, ...)			\
+  (new (malloc (sizeof (T))) T (__VA_ARGS__))
+
+#else /* !NEW_MACRO_VARARGS */
+
+#define safe_new(T, args...)			\
+  (new (malloc (sizeof (T))) T (## args))
+
+#endif /* !NEW_MACRO_VARARGS */
+
+template <typename T> void
+safe_delete (T *const object)
+{
+  if (object)
+    {
+      object->~T ();
+      free (object);
+    }
+}
+
+#endif /* __SAFE_MEMORY_H__ */