The Old New Thing

February 4, 2004 - The Old New Thing

Answers to exercises – mismatching new/delete

February 4, 2004 Feb 4, 2004 02/4/04
Raymond Chen
Answers to yesterday's exercises: What happens if you allocate with scalar "new" and free with vector "delete[]"? The scalar "new" will allocate a single object with no hidden counter. The vector "delete[]" will look for the hidden counter, which isn't there, so it will either crash (accessing nonexistent memory) or grab a random number ...

The Glass Engine and Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music

February 4, 2004 Feb 4, 2004 02/4/04
Raymond Chen
The Glass Engine is an interactive guide to the music of Philip Glass, organized by... um... at least they're organized. By something. Bizarre yet oddly compelling. (Perhaps if we ask nicely, we can get Marc Miller to tell the story of the time he actually met Philip Glass...) In a similar vein, a friend of mine directed me to Ishkur's Guide ...