From 176be07731ab6df01815931c72d2fda67921983f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roland Conybeare <rconybeare@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 14:09:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] xo-alloc2: + RAllocator.alloc_copy_for convenience method

---
 xo-alloc2/include/xo/alloc2/alloc/RAllocator.hpp | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/xo-alloc2/include/xo/alloc2/alloc/RAllocator.hpp b/xo-alloc2/include/xo/alloc2/alloc/RAllocator.hpp
index 729778e9..4d2af7f7 100644
--- a/xo-alloc2/include/xo/alloc2/alloc/RAllocator.hpp
+++ b/xo-alloc2/include/xo/alloc2/alloc/RAllocator.hpp
@@ -36,11 +36,16 @@ namespace xo {
                 return O::iface()->alloc(O::data(), typeseq::id<T>(), n);
             }
 
+            template <typename T>
+            void * alloc_copy_for(const T * src) noexcept {
+                return O::iface()->alloc_copy(O::data(), (std::byte*)const_cast<T *>(src));
+            }
+
             template <typename T>
             T * std_copy_for(const T * src) noexcept {
                 // TODO: fix alloc_copy(), should take const std::byte *
 
-                T * copy = (T *)O::iface()->alloc_copy(O::data(), (std::byte*)const_cast<T *>(src));
+                T * copy = (T *)(this->alloc_copy_for(src));
 
                 if (copy) {
                     *copy = *src;