From: "doug" <deleveld AT dds DOT nl>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: new throwing exception
Date: 26 Dec 1999 01:00:16 GMT
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cascade AT swipnet DOT se schreef in artikel <842qvj$sv$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com>...

<< snip>>

 
>    try {
>       foo = new char[1000 000 000];
>       foo[999999999] = 'a';
>    }
>    catch (bad_alloc e) {
>       cout << "Gotcha!" << endl;
>    }
> }
> 
> I get a printout that says "Virtual memory exceeded in 'new'".

What did you expect?  What do you need a gigabyte for?
If it fails for smaller allocations like 1 meg then there is a problem,
but there are some limitations about how much mem you can allocate.
This is true of every compiler that I know of, so it is not a problem 
with DJGPP.

I have no idea what platform you would need to be able to allocate 1 gig

Doug Eleveld