Introduced free as a template... (why didn'y think about it earlier?)

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/include/Exceptions.h b/include/Exceptions.h
index 8dd473f..489a761 100644
--- a/include/Exceptions.h
+++ b/include/Exceptions.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  */
 
-/* $Id: Exceptions.h,v 1.33 2003-12-04 04:09:02 pixel Exp $ */
+/* $Id: Exceptions.h,v 1.34 2003-12-22 01:57:01 pixel Exp $ */
 
 #ifndef __EXCEPTIONS_H__
 #define __EXCEPTIONS_H__
@@ -50,9 +50,12 @@ class Base {
     void * operator new(size_t s);
     void * operator new(size_t s, void * p);
     void operator delete(void * p);
-    static void free(void *& p);
-    static void free(char *& p);
-    static void free(unsigned char *& p);
+    template <class T>
+    static void free(T *& p) {
+        unsigned char * t = (unsigned char *) p;
+	xfree(t);
+	p = 0;
+    }
     static int pipe(int * p, int flag = 0);
     static pid_t fork();
     static void exit(int);
@@ -81,8 +84,6 @@ class GeneralException : public Base {
 
 char * xstrdup(const char *);
 void * xmalloc(size_t) throw (GeneralException);
-void xfree(void *&);
-void xfree(char *&);
 void xfree(unsigned char *&);
 void * xrealloc(void *, size_t);
 int xpipe(int *, int = 0) throw (GeneralException);