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Re: operator new returns nonzero


On Sep 7, 2013, at 3:33 AM, Marc Glisse <marc.glisse@inria.fr> wrote:
> this patch teaches the compiler that operator new, when it can throw, isn't allowed to return a null pointer.

You sure:

@item -fcheck-new
@opindex fcheck-new
Check that the pointer returned by @code{operator new} is non-null
before attempting to modify the storage allocated.  This check is
normally unnecessary because the C++ standard specifies that
@code{operator new} only returns @code{0} if it is declared
@samp{throw()}, in which case the compiler always checks the
return value even without this option.  In all other cases, when
@code{operator new} has a non-empty exception specification, memory
exhaustion is signalled by throwing @code{std::bad_alloc}.  See also
@samp{new (nothrow)}.

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