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/*! \file device_new.h
 *  \brief Constructs new elements in device memory
 */

#pragma once

#include <thrust/detail/config.h>

// #include this for size_t
#include <cstddef>
#include <thrust/device_ptr.h>

namespace thrust
{

/*!
 *  \addtogroup allocation_functions Allocation Functions
 *  \{
 */

/*! \p device_new implements the placement \c new operator for types
 *  resident in device memory. \p device_new calls <tt>T</tt>'s null
 *  constructor on a array of objects in device memory.
 *  No memory is allocated by this function.
 *
 *  \param  p A \p device_ptr to a region of device memory into which
 *          to construct one or many <tt>T</tt>s.
 *  \param  n The number of objects to construct at \p p.
 *  \return p, casted to <tt>T</tt>'s type.
 *
 *  \see device_ptr
 */
template <typename T>
  device_ptr<T> device_new(device_ptr<void> p,
                           const size_t n = 1);

/*! \p device_new implements the placement new operator for types
 *  resident in device memory. \p device_new calls <tt>T</tt>'s copy
 *  constructor on a array of objects in device memory. No memory is
 *  allocated by this function.
 *
 *  \param  p A \p device_ptr to a region of device memory into which to
 *          construct one or many <tt>T</tt>s.
 *  \param exemplar The value from which to copy.
 *  \param  n The number of objects to construct at \p p.
 *  \return p, casted to <tt>T</tt>'s type.
 *
 *  \see device_ptr
 *  \see fill
 */
template <typename T>
  device_ptr<T> device_new(device_ptr<void> p,
                           const T &exemplar,
                           const size_t n = 1);

/*! \p device_new implements the new operator for types resident in device memory.
 *  It allocates device memory large enough to hold \p n new objects of type \c T.
 *
 *  \param n The number of objects to allocate. Defaults to \c 1.
 *  \return A \p device_ptr to the newly allocated region of device memory.
 */
template <typename T>
  device_ptr<T> device_new(const size_t n = 1);

/*! \}
 */

} // end thrust

#include <thrust/detail/device_new.inl>

