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Re: linking problem when using "fopen"
On Fri, 2002-04-05 at 18:48, Jonathan Larmour wrote:
[...]
> > In this particular case, (new not overridden and no C++ exceptions), I
> > believe that a safe way to do it would first allocate the required space
> > using "new char [sizeof(...)]", and then if this doesn't return 0 then
> > call the placement operator new to actually create the object.
>
> char's probably bad in case there are alignment issues (future/alternative
> versions of malloc may not align things so generously (i.e. wastefully).
>
I do not agree, the new expression must return an address correctly
aligned according to ISO/IEC 14882:1998(E) 5.3.4 §10. But that's a
detail and your solution will perfectly do the job.
[...]
Robin
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