I recently presented arguments for and against using dynamic memory allocation in C and C++ programs.1 I do agree that truly safety-critical systems ...

In C and C++, it can be very convenient to allocate and de-allocate blocks of memory as and when needed. This is certainly standard practice in both languages and almost unavoidable in C++. However, ...

According to the C++ Standard, these four variants of operator new (new, new [] , nothrow new , and nothrow new [] ) are the only replaceable memory allocation functions. If you really want to prevent ...