From: mvparvia AT beta DOT hut DOT fi (Mikko V.I. Parviainen)
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Subject: Re: Problem with "new"
Date: 28 Aug 98 05:20:55 GMT
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Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca> writes:
>Arthur wrote:
>> new returns NULL if memory allocation fails. You should always test for this.
>    That is incorrect.  If there is not enough memory for 'new' it ends the
>program, and prints this message:
>Virtual memory exceeded in `new'

Actually, according to C++ standard (iirc) the new operator should
throw an exception when it cannot allocate the memory.



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