From: sparhawk AT eunet DOT at (Gerhard Gruber)
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Subject: Re: How big can I make my array?
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 21:35:34 GMT
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From: Gruber Gerhard
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Date: Sun, 07 Jun 1998 11:38:12 -0400:

>When writing C++ code, the new operator should always be used instead of
>malloc().  You must also remember to use the indirection operator ('->')

I heard this a number of times but I don't see any advantage or disadvantage.
When I allocate i.e. a string (like char *x = malloc(n)) I don't see the
reason why I should use new instead of malloc(). Is there a drawback to
malloc()?

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