From: "Niklas Pettersson" <npedt97 AT student DOT vxu DOT se>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: SV: does DJGPP throw bad_alloc if new failes??
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 12:45:19 +0100
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It does throw bad_alloc.. Just include <new>.

#include <new>
#include <iostream>

int main() try
{
    while (1)
     void *temp = new char[60000];
}

catch (bad_alloc)
{
    cerr << "Not enough memory\n";
}