From:	"Carlos M. Matos" <cmmatos AT banet DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Problems with dynamic allocation
Date:	Wed, 2 Dec 1998 09:51:32 -0500
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Hi!
I am using djgpp version 2.01.

I am having problems with the function to allocate dynamic memory in C++.
When I try to get a large block of memory and if the block of memory is too
large to be allocated new is supposed to return NULL but
instead it quits the program and it gives me a message saying that the block
of memory was too large to be allocated.  Is everyone else having this
problem?  Is there away for new to return the NULL pointer when it cannot
allocate the memory?  How do we deal with this problem?

Thanks to all who respond.
Sincerely,
Carlos M. Matos

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