From -3457018722978587866 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,8372ae6de42be399 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-02-21 11:20:06 PST Return-Path: X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cyclone.bc.net!news.alt.net!comp-std-cpp-robomod!not-for-mail X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) Delivered-To: std-c++@ucar.edu From: "Andrew Koenig" Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ References: <403601F6.8010706@ircad.u-strasbg.fr> Subject: Re: Array of size 0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1077375439 f13cb151449613c228185967eb881a2d (Sat, 21 Feb 2004 14:57:19 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 14:57:19 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-mulga_r1 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=5.2 tests=PRIORITY_NO_NAME autolearn=no version=2.60-mulga_r1 Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:17:11 CST Lines: 19 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:1189 "Steve Clamage" wrote in message news:c15mlg$pdl$1@news1nwk.SFbay.Sun.COM... > Finally, "new int[0]" is not a special case. It is analagous to malloc(0). In > both cases you get a valid pointer that you cannot dereference. I think that C90 allows malloc(0) to return 0. So you do indeed get a valid pointer that you cannot dereference, but that pointer might be the same as the error indication. In other words, the analogy is not quite completely accurate. --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.jamesd.demon.co.uk/csc/faq.html ]