Which to use - "operator new" or "operator new[]" - to allocate a block of raw memory in C++?
- by sharptooth
My C++ program needs a block of uninitialized memory. In C I would use malloc() and later free().
In C++ I can either call ::operator new or ::operator new[] and ::operator delete or operator delete[] respectively later.
Looks like both ::operator new and ::operator new[] have exactly the same signature and exactly the same behavior. The same for ::operator delete and ::operator delete[]. The only thing I shouldn't do is pairing operator new with operator delete[] and vice versa - undefined behavior. Other than that which pair do I choose and why?
