Re: Help-memory allocation

[Vinzent Hoefler <ada.rocks@jlfencey.com>]

Florian Weimer wrote:

>Vinzent Hoefler <ada.rocks@jlfencey.com> writes:
>
>>>How to check whether the memory is allocated or not when using new
>>>operator?in other words, what the operator "new" returns if memory
>>>allocation fails?
>>
>> I'd say, it raises the Storage_Error exception.
>
>In conforming implementations, yes.  However, many Ada implementations
>will only raise Storage_Error at some later point in the execution of
>the program ("commit on allocate" vs. "commit on use").

Mmh, so in case someone relies on the occurence of the exception in
the very moment of the allocation, would it be wise to also give an
initial value to make sure we actually "use" the allocated memory?


Vinzent.