Re: How to test memory allocation with new ?

[Old Wolf]

Cosmin Calinescu <cosminc@nortelnetworks.com> wrote:
> If you have less then 2G of memory you're scrued. I don't think you do 
> what you intend to do.
> >         int n = 0x7FFFFFFF;
> >         char *pp = new char[n];

Many operating systems have "lazy allocation", they will honour
this request but then swap maniacally or kill the application
when it tries to actually use that memory.