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+// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2013 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_ALLOCATORS_ZEROAFTERFREE_H
+#define BITCOIN_ALLOCATORS_ZEROAFTERFREE_H
+
+#include "support/cleanse.h"
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <vector>
+
+template <typename T>
+struct zero_after_free_allocator : public std::allocator<T> {
+    // MSVC8 default copy constructor is broken
+    typedef std::allocator<T> base;
+    typedef typename base::size_type size_type;
+    typedef typename base::difference_type difference_type;
+    typedef typename base::pointer pointer;
+    typedef typename base::const_pointer const_pointer;
+    typedef typename base::reference reference;
+    typedef typename base::const_reference const_reference;
+    typedef typename base::value_type value_type;
+    zero_after_free_allocator() throw() {}
+    zero_after_free_allocator(const zero_after_free_allocator& a) throw() : base(a) {}
+    template <typename U>
+    zero_after_free_allocator(const zero_after_free_allocator<U>& a) throw() : base(a)
+    {
+    }
+    ~zero_after_free_allocator() throw() {}
+    template <typename _Other>
+    struct rebind {
+        typedef zero_after_free_allocator<_Other> other;
+    };
+
+    void deallocate(T* p, std::size_t n)
+    {
+        if (p != NULL)
+            memory_cleanse(p, sizeof(T) * n);
+        std::allocator<T>::deallocate(p, n);
+    }
+};
+
+// Byte-vector that clears its contents before deletion.
+typedef std::vector<char, zero_after_free_allocator<char> > CSerializeData;
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_ALLOCATORS_ZEROAFTERFREE_H