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From: kc@rna.UUCP (Kaare Christian)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: operator new
Keywords: new, arm
Message-ID: <1107@rna.UUCP>
Date: 11 May 91 21:48:29 GMT
Organization: Rockefeller University - Neurobiology
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I haven't noticed any discussion of the following contradiction in the ARM:

In 5.3.3 there is a mention that operator new can be called with argument 0,
in which case it must return a pointer to an object.
In 12.5 it states that if operator new is called with argument 0, it must
return 0.

Also, the ARM defines a *nested* class as a class defined inside another
class, while a *local* class is a class defined inside a function. It then
defines a *local* type as a type defined inside a class. Shouldn't we
call 'em **nested** types?

Kaare Christian
kc@rna.rockefeller.edu