From: remove_this_mimo AT restoel DOT net_and_this (mimo)
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Subject: new and nothrow()
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 20:34:16 GMT
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ok, this is rather a philosophical question, but maybe someone could
help me: i found in my code book a way to avoid try/throw/catch when
allocating memory using new which returns simply 0 instead. it says:
void *operator new(size_t,const nothrow &) throw(); (and the new[]
operator too)

so i tried to write the following:

int *tab = new (nothrow()) int[nb];

after including <memory> or <new> (i dont see a difference) the
compiler reported:

Error: no match for call to `(nothrow_t) ()'

than i replaced the line by:

int *tab = new (nothrow) int[nb];

and the compiler accepted it. 
first question: is this a fault in my codebook?
second: does this ever return 0 (NULL)?

thanx in advance

mimo