New & Malloc

Hi vipulmp !!!!
       There are differences between new and malloc
For malloc we need a type cast so that the compiler knows that what is the data type u are going to store in that memory, so that it can increment the pointer appropriately. Void pointers cannot be incremented.


New operator
1) It can be overloaded
2) It gives the appropriate datatype , no need of type cast
3) It can also initialize to the value that is passed
4) memory allocated using new has to be deleted using delete

Malloc
1) Its a lib function and cannot be overloaded
2) We need to typecast it explicitly
3) we cannot initialize to any value, but with calloc its initialized to zero
4) Memory allocated using malloc has to be freed using free()

Hi,

I just add that
- new is C++
- malloc is C

Hi Akalmani,

Consider Following Eg

int main ( void)
{
   int *p;
   p = malloc ( sizeof (int));
   p++;
   return(0);
}


This Code Works Fine . Compiler Is Not
Giving Any Error Or Warning .
As We Are Receiving void * into int *
i.e int * = void *
As P is declared as int* compiler
already knows by how many bytes it should be incremented ie That Is By
Sizeof(int) Bytes .

I Have Two Another Differences
1> New With Size Option is Avalable
   eg int *p;
   p = new int[10];
2> New Calls Constructor.

http://www.borland.com/borlandcpp/cppprev/cpp/faqcpp/faqcpp2.html#new

> Compiler Is Not Giving Any Error Or Warning .

Your compiler is broken, or you don't have warnings turned on, or you compiled this as a C program and not a C++ program.

..B ekiM

Hi Friends,
   Thank You ALL.