KK>    Doesn't new already return NULL, or 0, on failure?
KK> It does in VC++ 4.0.
KK> Borland supplies a new_handler() function, but advises the
KK> overloading of new also.
    Description
set_new_handler installs the function to be called when the global operator 
new() or operator new
[]() cannot allocate the requested memory. By default the new operators throw 
an xalloc exception if memory cannot be allocated. You can change this 
efault
behavior by calling set_new_handler to set a new handler. To retain the 
traditional version of new, which does not throw exceptions, you can use 
set_new_handler(0).
    This if from BC4.52 help files. "The traditional version of new,
    which does not throw execptions..."
    This is ANSI C++ but not ANSI C compatible.
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