Re: ``definition once" applies on ::operator new ?

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Date:
Sun, 8 Jul 2007 14:54:39 CST
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On 7 8 , 5 49 , "comp.lang.c++.moderated" <dhb2...@gmail.com> wrote:

//mynew.cpp
void* operator new (size_t sz)
{
    return 0;

}

// main.cpp
void* operator new (size_t);

int main()
{
   new char;

}

The code above compiles with my icl 9.0

I remember once I got "operator new(unsigned int) has already defined"
compile-time error

So is there something special with the operator new definition?

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I wanna make my question more concrete.

When I use MSVC to debug my app, when come to the new expression, I
press F11, then I can enter the new operator function from CRT source
code, so i think there's already a new operator function built into
the msvc.crt library, So why no "defintition once" problem if I define
another ::operator new function?

Or the new expression is special, there's no corresponding function in
the run-time library (implemented like throw or something, but F11
does NOT apply on ``throw" expression), only when I use debug mode
(and press F11) then the code is shown, and this code has nothing to
do with the run-time library?

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