Question

Do one need to worry about using set_new_handlers in conjunction with smart or auto pointer’s or the libraries come packed with handlers with refined error handling?

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Answer 1

The smart pointers that come with C++ (currently just auto_ptr, but soon including shared_ptr and weak_ptr) all use new by default, so they’ll interface with the global new handler automatically. You don’t need to do anything special to ensure that the new handler is invoked when using these classes.

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