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From: Emil Briggs <emil AT baymountain DOT com>
To: Ross Smith <rosss AT pharos DOT co DOT nz>
Subject: Re: limit for # of items created with "new" ?
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 22:39:49 -0400
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On Tuesday 24 September 2002 10:28 pm, Ross Smith wrote:
> From: Hans Horn [mailto:hannes AT 2horns DOT 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.


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