http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50594
--- Comment #16 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-10-04 09:54:57 UTC --- I don't think they're special to the front end either, it transforms "new T" into a call to the relevant library allocation function and then invokes a constructor. The allocation functions are just ordinary functions implemented in libsupc++ but as weak symbols so they can be overridden. If we just declare them externally_visible in libsupc++'s <new> won't that work?
