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-//
-//  Copyright (c) 2000-2002
-//  Joerg Walter, Mathias Koch
-//
-//  Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software
-//  and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
-//  provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and
-//  that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear
-//  in supporting documentation.  The authors make no representations
-//  about the suitability of this software for any purpose.
-//  It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
-//
-//  The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of
-//  GeNeSys mbH & Co. KG in producing this work.
-//
-
-#ifndef BOOST_UBLAS_NEW_H
-#define BOOST_UBLAS_NEW_H
-
-void *operator new (std::size_t size) {
-    size += 16;
-    void *p = malloc (size);
-    char offset = (unsigned long) p % 16;
-    if (offset == 0)
-        offset = 16;
-    (char *) p += offset;
-    *((char *) p - 1) = offset;
-    return p;
-}
-void operator delete (void *p) {
-    char offset = *((char *) p - 1);
-    (char *) p -= offset;
-    free (p);
-}
-void *operator new [] (std::size_t size) {
-    size += 16;
-    void *p = malloc (size);
-    char offset = (unsigned long) p % 16;
-    if (offset == 0)
-        offset = 16;
-    (char *) p += offset;
-    *((char *) p - 1) = offset;
-    return p;
-}
-void operator delete [] (void *p) {
-    char offset = *((char *) p - 1);
-    (char *) p -= offset;
-    free (p);
-}
-
-#endif