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echo: c_plusplus
to: THOMAS MAEDER
from: KEVIN CAMPBELL
date: 1997-04-19 13:12:00
subject: self-destruct

 > The  new  operator's  responsibility  is  to  allocate  memory; that's
 > enough, don't abuse it for other things.
That's what I'm talking about. There's no rules that say new() cannot call a
termination function if it fails to allocate the memory. One of the main
purposes of overloading new() is to provide virtual mem, which would require
disk access for goodness sake!
- Kev
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