#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <new>
#include "date.h"
using namespace std;

void my_new_handler();
const char *progname;

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	progname = argv[0];
	set_new_handler(my_new_handler);

	cout << "How many date's do you want to allocate? ";
	size_t n;
	cin >> n;

	date *const p = reinterpret_cast<date *>(new char[n * sizeof (date)]);

	//Call the constructor for each date in the array.
	for (date *q = p; q < p + n; ++q) {
		cout << "Month, day, year for date " << q - p << ": ";
		int month, day, year;            //uninitialized variables
		cin >> month >> day >> year;
		new(q) date(month, day, year);   //the placement syntax
	}

	for (const date *q = p; q < p + n; ++q) {
		cout << *q << "\n";
	}

	cout << "The hidden numbers are "                         //unofficial
		<< reinterpret_cast<size_t *>(p)[-2] << " and "
		<< reinterpret_cast<size_t *>(p)[-1] << ".\n";

	//Call the destructor for each date in the array.
	//(Required if class date has a destructor; does nothing otherwise.)
	for (const date *q = p + n - 1; q >= p; --q) {
		q->~date();
	}

	delete[] reinterpret_cast<char *>(p);
	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

void my_new_handler()
{
	cerr << progname << ": out of store\n";
	exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}