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"some_type* p_some_type = new some_type [0]" legal?

is it valid to call new [] to allocate 0 elements? If so, is p_some_type
NULL afterwards?
Jan 24 '07 #1
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On 24 Jan, 15:02, "r.z." <g...@hjkjhk.pl wrote:
is it valid to call new [] to allocate 0 elements? If so, is p_some_type
NULL afterwards?
Yes, No.

Allocating 0 elements returns non-NULL pointer. The pointer will be
different each time. It's not legal to dereference the pointer, but it
is legal to pass it to delete[].

Usually this is exactly what you want.

Jan 24 '07 #2

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