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  2. From: fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
  4. Subject: Re: new T[0] and sizeof(T)
  5. Date: 03 Feb 96 14:46:13 GMT
  6. Organization: Comp Sci, University of Melbourne
  7. Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au
  8. Message-ID: <4evjke$87h@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
  9. References: <1996Feb1.091641.4676@iiasa.ac.at> <4erovm$4hh@engnews1.Eng.Sun.COM>
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  16. Originator: fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU
  17.  
  18. clamage@Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Clamage) writes:
  19.  
  20. >The expression "new T[0]" is invalid, but if you
  21. >use a non-const expression for the count, it is OK if the value is zero.
  22.  
  23. What makes you think that the expression `new T[0]' is invalid?
  24. As I read the working paper, it seems perfectly legal, and the
  25. three compilers I tried it on were all quite happy to accept it.
  26.  
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  28. Fergus Henderson                 WWW: http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~fjh
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