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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Chapter 5. Dynamic Memory</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2" /><meta name="keywords" content=" ISO C++ , library " /><link rel="home" href="../spine.html" title="The GNU C++ Library Documentation" /><link rel="up" href="support.html" title="Part II. Support" /><link rel="prev" href="bk01pt02ch04s03.html" title="NULL" /><link rel="next" href="termination.html" title="Chapter 6. Termination" /></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 5. Dynamic Memory</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bk01pt02ch04s03.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part II.
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Support
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</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="termination.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="chapter" title="Chapter 5. Dynamic Memory"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="manual.support.memory"></a>Chapter 5. Dynamic Memory</h2></div></div></div><p>
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There are six flavors each of <code class="function">new</code> and
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<code class="function">delete</code>, so make certain that you're using the right
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ones. Here are quickie descriptions of <code class="function">new</code>:
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</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>
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single object form, throwing a
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<code class="classname">bad_alloc</code> on errors; this is what most
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people are used to using
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</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
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Single object "nothrow" form, returning NULL on errors
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</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
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Array <code class="function">new</code>, throwing
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<code class="classname">bad_alloc</code> on errors
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</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
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Array nothrow <code class="function">new</code>, returning
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<code class="constant">NULL</code> on errors
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Placement <code class="function">new</code>, which does nothing (like
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it's supposed to)
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</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
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Placement array <code class="function">new</code>, which also does
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nothing
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</p></li></ul></div><p>
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They are distinguished by the parameters that you pass to them, like
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any other overloaded function. The six flavors of <code class="function">delete</code>
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are distinguished the same way, but none of them are allowed to throw
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an exception under any circumstances anyhow. (They match up for
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completeness' sake.)
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</p><p>
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Remember that it is perfectly okay to call <code class="function">delete</code> on a
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NULL pointer! Nothing happens, by definition. That is not the
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same thing as deleting a pointer twice.
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By default, if one of the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">throwing <code class="function">new</code>s</span>”</span> can't
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allocate the memory requested, it tosses an instance of a
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<code class="classname">bad_alloc</code> exception (or, technically, some class derived
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from it). You can change this by writing your own function (called a
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new-handler) and then registering it with <code class="function">set_new_handler()</code>:
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</p><pre class="programlisting">
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typedef void (*PFV)(void);
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static char* safety;
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static PFV old_handler;
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void my_new_handler ()
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{
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delete[] safety;
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popup_window ("Dude, you are running low on heap memory. You
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should, like, close some windows, or something.
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The next time you run out, we're gonna burn!");
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set_new_handler (old_handler);
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return;
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}
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int main ()
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{
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safety = new char[500000];
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old_handler = set_new_handler (&my_new_handler);
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...
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}
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</pre><p>
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<code class="classname">bad_alloc</code> is derived from the base <code class="classname">exception</code>
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class defined in Chapter 19.
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