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Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 01:25:42 +0800
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From: Chan Kar Heng <karheng AT softhome DOT net>
Subject: OT: new vs malloc, was BUG - Cygwin to GNU CC compatibility
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greetings.

sorry, please don't fry me for OT post. :)
just a short answer (perhaps private) would do for me.

<snip>
>Well, in C++, as opposed to on earth, I suppose, you're encouraged to
>use new and delete for all memory management in preference to malloc
>and free. Note that in C++, a struct and a class are exactly the same
</snip>

i'm one of those still actively using malloc/free as i often use realloc
too.

i'd gladly use new and delete if i could find an equivalent of realloc()..
... any advice?

rgds,

kh


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