From:	"Ole Laursen" <ole_laursen AT hardworking DOT dk>
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Subject:	Re: new's return on fail
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Date:	Thu, 3 Jun 1999 21:47:11 +0200
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>What does new return if it fails?  I've heard that the standard requires
>that it throw an exception, but also I've heard that it returns NULL
>(like malloc).  I did a test, and it did neither, preferring to exit the
>program.  So, how do I capture this and use it for the greater good
>(rather than just exiting the program)?

Hmm, this is more a C++ question. Have you looked in the C++ FAQ? Maybe
it'll help you (under dynamic storage of something like that):

http://www.cerfnet.com/~mpcline/c++-faq-lite/

Hope that helps, else you might consider trying the comp.lang.c++
newsgroup.

I have never tried using exceptions myself so unfortunately I can't answer
you question directly, but at least I know that 'new' never returns 0...

BTW, are you using an old version of the C++ compiler? If so you'd better
upgrade because I think some of the older versions had problems with
exception.

Ole Laursen

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