Memory allocation and deallocation across dll boundaries

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Ironically enough, the Adobe Source Libraries has a adobe::capture_allocator class that was written specifically with this kind of DLL safety in mind. The way it works is to capture the local new and delete at this point it is instantiated, and to carry them both around for the lifetime of the object. (See adobe::new_delete_t for details on how it does this, especially the implementation here.) Deallocations take place with the captured delete routine, guaranteeing that no matter where you are you are deleting with the proper delete.

You can see capture_allocator used throughout the version_1 types in the Adobe Source Libraries, such as adobe::any_regular_t and adobe::copy_on_write. capture_allocator should be compatible with all STL container types as well.

Update: capture_allocator is not standard-compliant because it retains state. This should not be a big hindrance to its usability, but it does mean its use is not guaranteed to work with standard-compliant containers.

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