Re: How to test memory allocation with new ?

[Cosmin Calinescu]

If you have less then 2G of memory you're scrued. I don't think you do 
what you intend to do.

jjleto wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How do I handle the following :
>
> ------>
>     #include <iostream>
>     using namespace std;
>
>     int main()
>     {
>         int n = 0x7FFFFFFF;
>         char *pp = new char(n);
>         if ( pp != NULL ) {
>             pp[0] = 0;
>             pp[n-1] = 0;
>             cout << "OK" << endl;
>         } else {
>             cout << "FAILED" << endl;
>         }
>     }
> ------>
>
>
> It compiles OK, but when I run it, I get a segmentation fault. I thought 
> that testing a NULL value was enough for testing memory allocation (or 
> perhaps it is a bug ? I use gcc (GCC) 3.3.4)
>
> Regards,
> jjleto