std::allocator

#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
 
int main()
{
    // default allocator for ints
    std::allocator<int> alloc1;
 
    // demonstrating the few directly usable members
    static_assert(std::is_same_v<int, decltype(alloc1)::value_type>);
    int* p1 = alloc1.allocate(1); // space for one int
    alloc1.deallocate(p1, 1);     // and it is gone
 
    // Even those can be used through traits though, so no need
    using traits_t1 = std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc1)>; // The matching trait
    p1 = traits_t1::allocate(alloc1, 1);
    traits_t1::construct(alloc1, p1, 7);  // construct the int
    std::cout << *p1 << '\n';
    traits_t1::deallocate(alloc1, p1, 1); // deallocate space for one int
 
    // default allocator for strings
    std::allocator<std::string> alloc2;
    // matching traits
    using traits_t2 = std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc2)>;
 
    // Rebinding the allocator using the trait for strings gets the same type
    traits_t2::rebind_alloc<std::string> alloc_ = alloc2;
 
    std::string* p2 = traits_t2::allocate(alloc2, 2); // space for 2 strings
 
    traits_t2::construct(alloc2, p2, "foo");
    traits_t2::construct(alloc2, p2 + 1, "bar");
 
    std::cout << p2[0] << ' ' << p2[1] << '\n';
 
    traits_t2::destroy(alloc2, p2 + 1);
    traits_t2::destroy(alloc2, p2);
    traits_t2::deallocate(alloc2, p2, 2);
}