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From: Ben.Coleman@p0.f11.n277.z1.fidonet.org (Ben Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Re: how to write new?
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Date: 25 Apr 91 04:09:00 GMT
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EE>The answer is actually quite simple, it's only the documentation that's
EE>bad.  EVERY Modula-2 compiler supports NEW and DISPOSE (if you find one
EE>that doesn't, you've been cheated) in the following way.

Isn't "you've been cheated" a bit strong?  The only reference to NEW and 
DISPOSE that I can find in PIM2(3rd edition) appears on page 76:

    "In some implementations, the statement Allocate(p0, SIZE(Node)) can be
     abbreviated as NEW(p0)."

There doesn't seem to be any implication that all implementations *should* 
support it, just a note that some do.

Anyone know if NEW and DISPOSE appear in the ISO standard?

Ben
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