boukanov@hadron.fi.uib.no (Igor Boukanov) writes:

|>  It was pointed out a long time ago in this group that current wording
|>  in 5.3.4.12, 1997 C++ Public Review Draft,
|>  <i>
|>    --new T[5] results in a call of operator new[](sizeof(T)*5+x), and

This has nothing to do with the original poster's question, but ...

What is the status of the program if the expression "sizeof(T)*5+x)"
results in overflow, but "sizeof(T)*5" doesn't?

Note that I can easily check "sizeof(T)*5" before hand, but since the
value of "x" is hidden from me, there is *NO* way that I can check it.
So IF the answer to the first question is "undefined behavior", then it
is impossible to write a conforming program which uses new[].

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