diff --git a/tinyxml2.cpp b/tinyxml2.cpp
index e9b275b..e54940f 100755
--- a/tinyxml2.cpp
+++ b/tinyxml2.cpp
@@ -665,46 +665,34 @@
     TIXMLASSERT( sizeof( XMLComment ) == sizeof( XMLDeclaration ) );	// use same memory pool
     XMLNode* returnNode = 0;
     if ( XMLUtil::StringEqual( p, xmlHeader, xmlHeaderLen ) ) {
-        TIXMLASSERT( sizeof( XMLDeclaration ) == _commentPool.ItemSize() );
-        returnNode = new (_commentPool.Alloc()) XMLDeclaration( this );
+        returnNode = CreateUnlinkedNode<XMLDeclaration>( _commentPool );
         returnNode->_parseLineNum = _parseCurLineNum;
-        returnNode->_memPool = &_commentPool;
         p += xmlHeaderLen;
     }
     else if ( XMLUtil::StringEqual( p, commentHeader, commentHeaderLen ) ) {
-        TIXMLASSERT( sizeof( XMLComment ) == _commentPool.ItemSize() );
-        returnNode = new (_commentPool.Alloc()) XMLComment( this );
+        returnNode = CreateUnlinkedNode<XMLComment>( _commentPool );
         returnNode->_parseLineNum = _parseCurLineNum;
-        returnNode->_memPool = &_commentPool;
         p += commentHeaderLen;
     }
     else if ( XMLUtil::StringEqual( p, cdataHeader, cdataHeaderLen ) ) {
-        TIXMLASSERT( sizeof( XMLText ) == _textPool.ItemSize() );
-        XMLText* text = new (_textPool.Alloc()) XMLText( this );
+        XMLText* text = CreateUnlinkedNode<XMLText>( _textPool );
         returnNode = text;
         returnNode->_parseLineNum = _parseCurLineNum;
-        returnNode->_memPool = &_textPool;
         p += cdataHeaderLen;
         text->SetCData( true );
     }
     else if ( XMLUtil::StringEqual( p, dtdHeader, dtdHeaderLen ) ) {
-        TIXMLASSERT( sizeof( XMLUnknown ) == _commentPool.ItemSize() );
-        returnNode = new (_commentPool.Alloc()) XMLUnknown( this );
+        returnNode = CreateUnlinkedNode<XMLUnknown>( _commentPool );
         returnNode->_parseLineNum = _parseCurLineNum;
-        returnNode->_memPool = &_commentPool;
         p += dtdHeaderLen;
     }
     else if ( XMLUtil::StringEqual( p, elementHeader, elementHeaderLen ) ) {
-        TIXMLASSERT( sizeof( XMLElement ) == _elementPool.ItemSize() );
-        returnNode = new (_elementPool.Alloc()) XMLElement( this );
+        returnNode =  CreateUnlinkedNode<XMLElement>( _elementPool );
         returnNode->_parseLineNum = _parseCurLineNum;
-        returnNode->_memPool = &_elementPool;
         p += elementHeaderLen;
     }
     else {
-        TIXMLASSERT( sizeof( XMLText ) == _textPool.ItemSize() );
-        returnNode = new (_textPool.Alloc()) XMLText( this );
-        returnNode->_memPool = &_textPool;
+        returnNode = CreateUnlinkedNode<XMLText>( _textPool );
         returnNode->_parseLineNum = _parseCurLineNum; // Report line of first non-whitespace character
         p = start;	// Back it up, all the text counts.
         _parseCurLineNum = startLine;
@@ -2008,9 +1996,7 @@
 
 XMLElement* XMLDocument::NewElement( const char* name )
 {
-    TIXMLASSERT( sizeof( XMLElement ) == _elementPool.ItemSize() );
-    XMLElement* ele = new (_elementPool.Alloc()) XMLElement( this );
-    ele->_memPool = &_elementPool;
+    XMLElement* ele = CreateUnlinkedNode<XMLElement>( _elementPool );
     ele->SetName( name );
     return ele;
 }
@@ -2018,9 +2004,7 @@
 
 XMLComment* XMLDocument::NewComment( const char* str )
 {
-    TIXMLASSERT( sizeof( XMLComment ) == _commentPool.ItemSize() );
-    XMLComment* comment = new (_commentPool.Alloc()) XMLComment( this );
-    comment->_memPool = &_commentPool;
+    XMLComment* comment = CreateUnlinkedNode<XMLComment>( _commentPool );
     comment->SetValue( str );
     return comment;
 }
@@ -2028,9 +2012,7 @@
 
 XMLText* XMLDocument::NewText( const char* str )
 {
-    TIXMLASSERT( sizeof( XMLText ) == _textPool.ItemSize() );
-    XMLText* text = new (_textPool.Alloc()) XMLText( this );
-    text->_memPool = &_textPool;
+    XMLText* text = CreateUnlinkedNode<XMLText>( _textPool );
     text->SetValue( str );
     return text;
 }
@@ -2038,9 +2020,7 @@
 
 XMLDeclaration* XMLDocument::NewDeclaration( const char* str )
 {
-    TIXMLASSERT( sizeof( XMLDeclaration ) == _commentPool.ItemSize() );
-    XMLDeclaration* dec = new (_commentPool.Alloc()) XMLDeclaration( this );
-    dec->_memPool = &_commentPool;
+    XMLDeclaration* dec = CreateUnlinkedNode<XMLDeclaration>( _commentPool );
     dec->SetValue( str ? str : "xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"" );
     return dec;
 }
@@ -2048,9 +2028,7 @@
 
 XMLUnknown* XMLDocument::NewUnknown( const char* str )
 {
-    TIXMLASSERT( sizeof( XMLUnknown ) == _commentPool.ItemSize() );
-    XMLUnknown* unk = new (_commentPool.Alloc()) XMLUnknown( this );
-    unk->_memPool = &_commentPool;
+    XMLUnknown* unk = CreateUnlinkedNode<XMLUnknown>( _commentPool );
     unk->SetValue( str );
     return unk;
 }