Re: Constructor throws?
indrawati.yahya@gmail.com wrote:
According to the FAQ, the best way to inform a class user of an error
that occurs inside a constructor is to throw an exception. My question
is, what happens when an object is instantiated using 'new', and the
constructor throws after 'new' allocates memory for that object? Will
the memory leak? Thanks.
I think, it's a quality of implementation issue. Clause [5.3.4/8] _allows_
the implementation to do the right thing:
A new-expression obtains storage for the object by calling an allocation
function (3.7.3.1). If the newexpression terminates by throwing an
exception, it may release storage by calling a deallocation function
(3.7.3.2) ...
That said, I would hope (and assume) that you will have a hard time finding
an implementation where memory leaks in this case.
You could run the following and monitor its storage usage with OS tools:
#include <iostream>
struct X {
char data [8192];
X ( void ) {
throw ( 1 );
}
};
int main ( void ) {
while ( true ) {
try {
X* x_ptr = new X;
}
catch ( ... ) {
std::cout << '.';
}
}
}
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