import core.memory : pureMalloc, pureFree;
import object : destroy;

// this API supports classes and non-classes with the same functions
auto myAlloc(T, Args...)(auto ref Args ctorArgs) @trusted
{
	static if (is(T == class))
	{
		size_t bytes = __traits(classInstanceSize, T); // this is because classes are reference types; therefore T.sizeof == sizeof the class reference (pointer)
		alias ReturnType = T; // classes are references, so you don't handle them by pointer
	}
	else
	{
		size_t bytes = T.sizeof;
		alias ReturnType = T*;
	}

	ReturnType obj = cast(ReturnType)pureMalloc(bytes);	// allocate memory for object
	return emplace!T(obj, ctorArgs);					// construct object
}

void myFree(T)(T object) if (is(T == class)) // again, since classes are references, they aren't passed by pointer
{
	destroy(object);
	pureFree(cast(void*)object);
}
void myFree(T)(T* object) if (!is(T == class))
{
	destroy(*object);
	pureFree(cast(void*)object);
}