[Cython] [cython-users] C++: how to handle failures of 'new'?

[Stefan Behnel]

Sturla Molden, 04.07.2012 13:03:
> Den 4. juli 2012 kl. 08:06 skrev Stefan Behnel:
>> Also, the allocation may have failed on a larger block of memory, which is
>> then unused when the exception gets raised and can be used by cleanup code.
>> I really don't think the world is all that dark here.
> 
> Indeed. But how to tell? malloc a small buffer and see if it works?

In the worst case, you'd get another memory error during cleanup and it
would keep rippling up the stack.

Stefan