Class constructed only on stack; not with new. C++

Question

Is there a way to create a class Foo

so that I can do:

Foo foo;

but not

Foo* foo = new Foo(); 

?

I don't want people to be able to allocate copies of Foo on the heap.

Thanks!

EDIT: Sorry, I was wrong on the "stack only, not heap". What I want to say is "can not use new operator".

Answer 1

It's impossible to prevent an object being created on the heap. There are always ways around it. Even if you manage to hide operator new for Foo, you can always do:

#include <new>

struct Foo {
        int x;
private:
        void* operator new (std::size_t size) throw (std::bad_alloc);
};

struct Bar
{
    Foo foo;
};

int main()
{
    Bar* bar = new Bar;
    return 0;
}

And hey presto, you have a Foo on the heap.

Answer 2

Make your operator new private.

#include <new>

struct Foo {
        int x;
private:
        void* operator new (std::size_t size) throw (std::bad_alloc);
};

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On C++0x you can delete the operator new:

struct Foo {
        int x;
        void* operator new (std::size_t size) throw (std::bad_alloc) = delete;
};

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Note that you need to do the same for operator new[] separately.