does new throw or return NULL?

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Servé Lau

I'm still seeing lots of code like this (taken from the MS directX samples:

apDSBuffer = new LPDIRECTSOUNDBUFFER[dwNumBuffers];

if( apDSBuffer == NULL ) {

hr = E_OUTOFMEMORY;

goto LFail;

}

I thought new throws an exception nowadays?
Am I correct?
 
I thought new throws an exception nowadays?
Am I correct?
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It depends!

Have a look at Knowledge Base article 156808 "INFO: STL Sample for the
new operator Function" or the topic titled "new operator" in the
"Standard C++ Library Samples" section of MSDN, and the topic titled
"The new and delete Operators" in the "C++ Language Reference" section
of MSDN.

Dave
 
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