finally have the placement new working as desired.
diff --git a/tinyxml2.cpp b/tinyxml2.cpp
index 4711b83..65f2689 100644
--- a/tinyxml2.cpp
+++ b/tinyxml2.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>

 #include <stdio.h>

 #include <ctype.h>

+#include <new.h>

+

+//#pragma warning ( disable : 4291 )

 

 using namespace tinyxml2;

 

@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@
 

 

 // --------- XMLBase ----------- //

-// fixme: should take in the entity/newline flags as param

+

 char* XMLBase::ParseText( char* p, StrPair* pair, const char* endTag, int strFlags )

 {

 	TIXMLASSERT( endTag && *endTag );

@@ -175,11 +178,11 @@
 }

 

 

-char* XMLBase::Identify( XMLDocument* document, char* p, XMLNode** node ) 

+char* XMLDocument::Identify( char* p, XMLNode** node ) 

 {

 	XMLNode* returnNode = 0;

 	char* start = p;

-	p = XMLNode::SkipWhiteSpace( p );

+	p = XMLBase::SkipWhiteSpace( p );

 	if( !p || !*p )

 	{

 		return 0;

@@ -204,18 +207,20 @@
 	static const int cdataHeaderLen		= 9;

 	static const int elementHeaderLen	= 1;

 

-	if ( StringEqual( p, commentHeader, commentHeaderLen ) ) {

-		returnNode = new XMLComment( document );

+	if ( XMLBase::StringEqual( p, commentHeader, commentHeaderLen ) ) {

+		returnNode = new (commentPool.Alloc()) XMLComment( this );

+		returnNode->memPool = &commentPool;

 		p += commentHeaderLen;

 	}

-	else if ( StringEqual( p, elementHeader, elementHeaderLen ) ) {

-		returnNode = new XMLElement( document );

+	else if ( XMLBase::StringEqual( p, elementHeader, elementHeaderLen ) ) {

+		returnNode = new (elementPool.Alloc()) XMLElement( this );

+		returnNode->memPool = &elementPool;

 		p += elementHeaderLen;

 	}

 	// fixme: better text detection

-	else if ( (*p != '<') && IsAlphaNum( *p ) ) {

-		// fixme: this is filtering out empty text...should it?

-		returnNode = new XMLText( document );

+	else if ( (*p != '<') && XMLBase::IsAlphaNum( *p ) ) {

+		returnNode = new (textPool.Alloc()) XMLText( this );

+		returnNode->memPool = &textPool;

 		p = start;	// Back it up, all the text counts.

 	}

 	else {

@@ -254,7 +259,13 @@
 	while( firstChild ) {

 		XMLNode* node = firstChild;

 		Unlink( node );

-		delete node;

+		

+		//delete node;

+		// placement new!

+		MemPool* pool = node->memPool;

+		node->~XMLNode();

+		pool->Free( node );

+		// fixme: memory never free'd. 

 	}

 	firstChild = lastChild = 0;

 }

@@ -310,7 +321,7 @@
 	for( XMLNode* node=firstChild; node; node=node->next ) {

 		XMLElement* element = node->ToElement();

 		if ( element ) {

-			if ( !value || StringEqual( element->Name(), value ) ) {

+			if ( !value || XMLBase::StringEqual( element->Name(), value ) ) {

 				return element;

 			}

 		}

@@ -331,12 +342,15 @@
 {

 	while( p && *p ) {

 		XMLNode* node = 0;

-		p = Identify( document, p, &node );

+		p = document->Identify( p, &node );

 		if ( p && node ) {

 			p = node->ParseDeep( p );

 			// FIXME: is it the correct closing element?

 			if ( node->IsClosingElement() ) {

-				delete node;

+				//delete node;

+				MemPool* pool = node->memPool;

+				node->~XMLNode();	// fixme linked list memory not free

+				pool->Free( node );

 				return p;

 			}

 			this->InsertEndChild( node );

@@ -348,7 +362,7 @@
 // --------- XMLText ---------- //

 char* XMLText::ParseDeep( char* p )

 {

-	p = ParseText( p, &value, "<", StrPair::TEXT_ELEMENT );

+	p = XMLBase::ParseText( p, &value, "<", StrPair::TEXT_ELEMENT );

 	// consumes the end tag.

 	if ( p && *p ) {

 		return p-1;

@@ -388,19 +402,19 @@
 char* XMLComment::ParseDeep( char* p )

 {

 	// Comment parses as text.

-	return ParseText( p, &value, "-->", StrPair::COMMENT );

+	return XMLBase::ParseText( p, &value, "-->", StrPair::COMMENT );

 }

 

 

 // --------- XMLAttribute ---------- //

 char* XMLAttribute::ParseDeep( char* p )

 {

-	p = ParseText( p, &name, "=", StrPair::ATTRIBUTE_NAME );

+	p = XMLBase::ParseText( p, &name, "=", StrPair::ATTRIBUTE_NAME );

 	if ( !p || !*p ) return 0;

 

 	char endTag[2] = { *p, 0 };

 	++p;

-	p = ParseText( p, &value, endTag, StrPair::ATTRIBUTE_VALUE );

+	p = XMLBase::ParseText( p, &value, endTag, StrPair::ATTRIBUTE_VALUE );

 	if ( value.Empty() ) return 0;

 	return p;

 }

@@ -443,15 +457,16 @@
 

 	// Read the attributes.

 	while( p ) {

-		p = SkipWhiteSpace( p );

+		p = XMLBase::SkipWhiteSpace( p );

 		if ( !p || !(*p) ) {

-			document->SetError( XMLDocument::ERROR_PARSING_ELEMENT, start, name.GetStr() );

+			document->SetError( XMLDocument::ERROR_PARSING_ELEMENT, start, Name() );

 			return 0;

 		}

 

 		// attribute.

-		if ( IsAlpha( *p ) ) {

+		if ( XMLBase::IsAlpha( *p ) ) {

 			XMLAttribute* attrib = new XMLAttribute( this );

+

 			p = attrib->ParseDeep( p );

 			if ( !p ) {

 				delete attrib;

@@ -497,7 +512,7 @@
 char* XMLElement::ParseDeep( char* p )

 {

 	// Read the element name.

-	p = SkipWhiteSpace( p );

+	p = XMLBase::SkipWhiteSpace( p );

 	if ( !p ) return 0;

 	const char* start = p;

 

@@ -509,8 +524,8 @@
 		++p;

 	}

 

-	p = ParseName( p, &name );

-	if ( name.Empty() ) return 0;

+	p = XMLBase::ParseName( p, &value );

+	if ( value.Empty() ) return 0;

 

 	bool elementClosed=false;

 	p = ParseAttributes( p, &elementClosed );

@@ -554,7 +569,13 @@
 

 XMLDocument::~XMLDocument()

 {

+	ClearChildren();

 	delete [] charBuffer;

+

+	TIXMLASSERT( textPool.NAlloc() == 0 );

+	TIXMLASSERT( elementPool.NAlloc() == 0 );

+	TIXMLASSERT( commentPool.NAlloc() == 0 );

+	TIXMLASSERT( attributePool.NAlloc() == 0 );

 }

 

 

@@ -572,7 +593,8 @@
 

 XMLElement* XMLDocument::NewElement( const char* name )

 {

-	XMLElement* ele = new XMLElement( this );

+	XMLElement* ele = new (elementPool.Alloc()) XMLElement( this );

+	ele->memPool = &elementPool;

 	ele->SetName( name );

 	return ele;

 }