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Re: egcs-1.1: new do not throw bad_alloc

To: Ryszard Kabatek <rysio at rumcajs dot chemie dot uni-halle dot de>
Subject: Re: egcs-1.1: new do not throw bad_alloc
From: Alexandre Oliva <oliva at dcc dot unicamp dot br>
Date: 09 Sep 1998 00:22:33 z
Cc: egcs-bugs at cygnus dot com
References: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980904111910.10932A-100000@rumcajs.chemie.uni-halle.de>

Ryszard Kabatek <rysio@rumcajs.chemie.uni-halle.de> writes:

> The operator new don't throw the bad_alloc exception 
> if the allocation fails.

Did you set_new_handler() to non-null?  In this case, new should keep
retrying to allocate memory and calling the handler, unless the new
handler itself throws.

Are you sure you're linking your program with the proper libgcc and
libstdc++?

-- 
Alexandre Oliva
mailto:oliva@dcc.unicamp.br mailto:aoliva@acm.org
http://www.dcc.unicamp.br/~oliva
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brasil

References:
- egcs-1.1: new do not throw bad_alloc
  - From: Ryszard Kabatek

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