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Differences between C++ 'new' operator and 'malloc()' (NOT a C/C++ question)
- From: "Claude SIMON" <sc dot cygwin dot com at zeusw dot org>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 11:45:00 +0200
- Subject: Differences between C++ 'new' operator and 'malloc()' (NOT a C/C++ question)
- Reply-to: sc dot cygwin dot com at zeusw dot org
Hello everybody !
I have some C++ code that I want to use in a native Java component
compiled with Cygwin g++.
I also use exactly the same C++ code in a command-line tool ('.exe' binary).
When I compile the tool with Visual C++, it works. When I compile the tool
with g++, it works.
When I compile the component with Visual C++, it works. When I compile the
component with g++... it crashes.
With 'gdb', I found that the problem happens when calling the 'malloc'
function (as soon as the function is called, NOT when the returned
allocated memory is used). When I replace the 'malloc' by a the C++ 'new'
operator, the component compiled with Cygwin g++ doesn't crash anymore.
To summarize, having some code written in C++ :
- used in a command line tool :
- using 'malloc' :
- compiled with Visual C++ : works.
- compiled with Cygwin g++ : works.
- used in a Java native component :
- using 'malloc' :
- compiled with Visual C++ : works.
- compiled with Cygwin g++ : CRASHES.
- using the C++ 'new' operator :
- compiled with Visual C++ : works.
- compiled with Cygwin g++ : works.
I thought that the C++ 'new' operator calls the 'malloc' function, but
this seems not to be the case. As I want to use 'malloc'-like functions
rather than the C++ 'new' operator, I wonder which functions are used in
the C++ 'new' operator to allocate memory (and naturally which functions
are used in the C++ 'delete' operator to free the memory).
If it can be of some use, the component/tool can be found at
http://zeusw.org/intl/expp . The g++ version is 4.5.3.
Thanks !
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Claude SIMON (sc.CYGWIN;COM@zeusw.org)
(Sorry for my poor English ; I'm French)
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