1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/ace/Malloc_T.h b/ace/Malloc_T.h
index cb208f0ad16..5364a4d7acb 100644
--- a/ace/Malloc_T.h
+++ b/ace/Malloc_T.h
@@ -84,18 +84,33 @@ public:
   ~ACE_Cached_Allocator (void);
 
   /**
-   * Get a chunk of memory from free store.  Note that <nbytes> is
+   * Get a chunk of memory from free list cache.  Note that <nbytes> is
    * only checked to make sure that it's <= to sizeof T, and is
    * otherwise ignored since <malloc> always returns a pointer to an
    * item of sizeof (T).
    */
   void *malloc (size_t nbytes = sizeof (T));
 
-  /// return a chunk of memory back to free store.
+  /**
+   * Get a chunk of memory from free list cache, giving them
+   * <initial_value>.  Note that <nbytes> is only checked to make sure
+   * that it's <= to sizeof T, and is otherwise ignored since <malloc>
+   * always returns a pointer to an item of sizeof (T).  
+   */
+  virtual void *calloc (size_t nbytes,
+                        char initial_value = '\0');
+
+  /// This method is a no-op and just returns 0 since the free list
+  /// only works with fixed sized entities.
+  virtual void *calloc (size_t n_elem,
+                        size_t elem_size,
+                        char initial_value = '\0');
+
+  /// Return a chunk of memory back to free list cache.
   void free (void *);
 
 private:
-  /// remember how we allocate the memory in the first place so
+  /// Remember how we allocate the memory in the first place so
   /// we can clear things up later.
   char *pool_;