Subj : Re: realloc() issue on C++
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Mohsen
Date : Mon Mar 21 2005 01:27 am


"José Mauro" <jmtmarinho@ig.com.br> wrote:
>Yes, std::vector is the clean solution for a new code.
>
>However, my problem is practical. I have 15000 lines of ANSI C code,
>converted to C++ and making use of templates to apply the algorithm in
>custom data types. The original malloc() and free() calls were converted
>to new [] and delete [], to guarantee constructors and destructors calls
>for each array element. For the realloc() calls, i need a way to expand
>the memory, now obtained through the new [] operator.
>
>Someone know a "quick & dirty" way to solve this problem?
>

Isn't it easier to overload realloc() function or even new 
operator to allocate the memory you want and to copy necessary
stuffs into new memory?

Mohsen

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