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From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: new/malloc and delete/free
Date: 13 Mar 2002 16:58:30 GMT
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Lotko Mariusz <lotko AT alice DOT ci DOT pwr DOT wroc DOT pl> wrote:

> I'm afraid it's not true. new/delete call constructor/destructor while
> malloc/free don't.

That's part of the "shiny coat" I was talking about.  Behind the
scenes most new/delete implementations will actually go and call
malloc() and free() themselves.



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