Date:	Sat, 19 Feb 2000 07:26:45 +0500 (MVT)
From:	Prashant TR <prashant_tr AT yahoo DOT com>
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To:	night DOT walker AT tiscalinet DOT it
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Subject:	Re: new vs malloc
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2000 night DOT walker AT tiscalinet DOT it wrote:

> Which is the difference between the "new" command and the "malloc"
> function?

"new" is used in C++ programming. It calls malloc from within. "malloc" is
the basic function to allocate memory.

And "new" can catch exceptions as well. Try the "set_new_handler" in
new.h.

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