+2002-05-15 Loren J. Rittle <ljrittle@acm.org>
+
+ libstdc++/6641
+ * include/bits/c++config (__USE_MALLOC): Report case where
+ the user improperly defined it on the command line.
+
2002-05-15 Rainer Orth <ro@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
* testsuite/testsuite_hooks.h (__set_testsuite_memlimit):
// that threads are properly configured on your platform before
// assigning blame to the STL container-memory allocator. After doing
// so, please report any possible issues to libstdc++@gcc.gnu.org .
-// Do not blindly #define __USE_MALLOC here or on the command line.
+// Do not define __USE_MALLOC on the command line. Enforce it here:
+#ifdef __USE_MALLOC
+#error __USE_MALLOC should only be defined within \
+libstdc++-v3/include/bits/c++config before full recompilation of the library.
+#endif
+// Define __USE_MALLOC after this point in the file in order to aid debugging
+// or globally change allocation policy. This breaks the ABI, thus
+// completely recompile the library. A patch to better support
+// changing the global allocator policy would be probably be accepted.
// The remainder of the prewritten config is mostly automatic; all the
// user hooks are listed above.