From: sparhawk AT eunet DOT at (Gerhard Gruber)
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Subject: Re: How big can I make my array?
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 05:42:35 GMT
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From: Gruber Gerhard
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Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 18:11:19 -0700:

>If you are using classes with constructors, you will want to use
>operator new, since it will automatically call the object's constructor.
>You won't want to use malloc in that case.

Yes. I know this and it's obvious. But I heard that one should use new every
time even with simple type mallocation and I don't see any advantage here.

>If you are just allocate blocks of data, you can use either, but you
>shouldn't mix-and-match the two allocation methods (i.e., never delete a
>block allocated with malloc, and never free a block allocated with new).

Aha? I thought that new usually uses malloc?

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