[#bsl-allocator-0fa-2constructor-06] = xref:bsl.adoc[bsl]::xref:bsl/allocator-0fa.adoc[allocator<unsigned char>]::allocator :relfileprefix: ../../ :mrdocs: Create an allocator that will forward allocation calls to the object pointed to by `bslma::Default::defaultAllocator()`. Postcondition: ` this‐>mechanism() == bslma::Default::defaultAllocator() ` == Synopsis Declared in `<bslma_bslallocator.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- allocator(); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#