A complete object is declared reachable while the number of calls to declare_reachable with an argument referencing the object exceeds the number of calls to undeclare_reachable with an argument referencing the object.
void declare_reachable(void* p);
Requires: p shall be a safely-derived pointer or a null pointer value.
Effects: If p is not null, the complete object referenced by p is subsequently declared reachable ([basic.stc.dynamic.safety]).
Throws: May throw bad_alloc if the system cannot allocate additional memory that may be required to track objects declared reachable.
template <class T> T* undeclare_reachable(T* p);
Requires: If p is not null, the complete object referenced by p shall have been previously declared reachable, and shall be live ([basic.life]) from the time of the call until the last undeclare_reachable(p) call on the object.
[ Note: It is expected that calls to declare_reachable(p) will consume a small amount of memory in addition to that occupied by the referenced object until the matching call to undeclare_reachable(p) is encountered. Long running programs should arrange that calls are matched. — end note ]
void declare_no_pointers(char* p, size_t n);
Requires: No bytes in the specified range are currently registered with declare_no_pointers(). If the specified range is in an allocated object, then it must be entirely within a single allocated object. The object must be live until the corresponding undeclare_no_pointers() call. [ Note: In a garbage-collecting implementation, the fact that a region in an object is registered with declare_no_pointers() should not prevent the object from being collected. — end note ]
Effects: The n bytes starting at p no longer contain traceable pointer locations, independent of their type. Hence indirection through a pointer located there is undefined if the object it points to was created by global operator new and not previously declared reachable. [ Note: This may be used to inform a garbage collector or leak detector that this region of memory need not be traced. — end note ]
[ Note: Under some conditions implementations may need to allocate memory. However, the request can be ignored if memory allocation fails. — end note ]
void undeclare_no_pointers(char* p, size_t n);
Effects: Unregisters a range registered with declare_no_pointers() for destruction. It must be called before the lifetime of the object ends.
pointer_safety get_pointer_safety() noexcept;
Returns: pointer_safety::strict if the implementation has strict pointer safety. It is implementation-defined whether get_pointer_safety returns pointer_safety::relaxed or pointer_safety::preferred if the implementation has relaxed pointer safety.221
pointer_safety::preferred might be returned to indicate that a leak detector is running so that the program can avoid spurious leak reports.