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Re: egcs-1.1a: new don't not throw bad_alloc

To: Ryszard Kabatek <rysio at rumcajs dot chemie dot uni-halle dot de>
Subject: Re: egcs-1.1a: new don't not throw bad_alloc
From: Andreas Jaeger <aj at arthur dot rhein-neckar dot de>
Date: 12 Sep 1998 08:40:24 +0200
Cc: egcs at cygnus dot com
References: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980911120230.206B-100000@rumcajs.chemie.uni-halle.de>

>>>>> Ryszard Kabatek writes:

 > I tested the behaviour of 'new' again.
 > If the size of the array is smaller then INT_MAX-11 (?),
 > 'new' does throw bad_alloc.
 > If it's INT_MAX-10 or more 'new' does not throw.

Check the glibc bug database at
http://www-gnats.gnu.org:8080/cgi-bin/wwwgnats.pl for PR libc/723.

This is a 'feature' of glibc.

Andreas
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References:
- Re: egcs-1.1a: new don't not throw bad_alloc
  - From: Ryszard Kabatek

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