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A handler must meet the requirements of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">CopyConstructible</span></code>
types (C++ Std, 20.1.3).
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In the table below, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">X</span></code> denotes
a handler class, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">h</span></code> denotes
a value of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">X</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">p</span></code> denotes a pointer to a block of allocated
memory of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">void</span><span class="special">*</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">s</span></code> denotes the size for a
block of allocated memory, and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code>
denotes a function object taking no arguments.
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return type
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assertion/note\npre/post-conditions
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">asio_handler_allocate</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">h</span><span class="special">);</span>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">void</span><span class="special">*</span></code>
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Returns a pointer to a block of memory of size <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">s</span></code>.
The pointer must satisfy the same alignment requirements as a pointer
returned by <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span>
<span class="keyword">new</span><span class="special">()</span></code>.
Throws <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bad_alloc</span></code>
on failure.\n\n The <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">asio_handler_allocate</span><span class="special">()</span></code> function is located using argument-dependent
lookup. The function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">asio_handler_allocate</span><span class="special">()</span></code> serves as a default if no user-supplied
function is available.
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">asio_handler_deallocate</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">h</span><span class="special">);</span>
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Frees a block of memory associated with a pointer <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">p</span></code>, of at least size <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">s</span></code>, that was previously allocated
using <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">asio_handler_allocate</span><span class="special">()</span></code>.\n\n The <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">asio_handler_deallocate</span><span class="special">()</span></code> function is located using argument-dependent
lookup. The function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">asio_handler_deallocate</span><span class="special">()</span></code> serves as a default if no user-supplied
function is available.
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">asio_handler_invoke</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">h</span><span class="special">);</span>
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Causes the function object <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code>
to be executed as if by calling <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">()</span></code>.\n\n The <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">asio_handler_invoke</span><span class="special">()</span></code> function is located using argument-dependent
lookup. The function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">asio_handler_invoke</span><span class="special">()</span></code> serves as a default if no user-supplied
function is available.
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