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RE: limit for # of items created with "new" ?
- From: Ross Smith <rosss at pharos dot co dot nz>
- To: 'Emil Briggs' <emil at baymountain dot com>, Ross Smith <rosss at pharos dot co dot nz>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 16:36:33 +1200
- Subject: RE: limit for # of items created with "new" ?
> From: Emil Briggs [mailto:emil@baymountain.com]
>
> On Tuesday 24 September 2002 10:28 pm, Ross Smith wrote:
> > From: Hans Horn [mailto:hannes@2horns.com]
> >
> > > // an element of a linked list
> > > typedef struct node {
> > > node (int _v, node* _n) : v(_v), next(_n) {}
> > > int v;
> > > node* next;
> > > };
> >
> > I'm surprised that compiled; the typedef shouldn't be there.
> >
> > > int main (int argc, char** argv) {
> > > // allocate descriptions of points
> > > char** points = new char*[NUM_POINTS]; assert(points);
> >
> > The assert is superfluous; new is guaranteed never to return null.
> >
>
> Except when you are out of memory.
No. It throws a std::bad_alloc exception.
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