Allocating memory

[Fakherthe1]

How to allocate memory

It can be allocated using HGLOBAL and HLOCAL

GlobalAlloc or LocalAlloc

[coder777]

In C you're usually using malloc() and free()

While in C++ you use new and delete

[Fakherthe1]

new is used to allocate dynamic array
delete is used to delete dynamic array

[coder777]

Fakherthe1 wrote:

new is used to allocate dynamic array
delete is used to delete dynamic array

Nope.

new[...] and delete[] is used for arrays

[codekiddy]

Fakherthe1,

Stick with standard C++ until some time, and, live the ugly code to it's designers and microsoft programers.

[Fakherthe1]

Static array can be allocated without using new

Dynamic arrays are allocated using new

[Fakherthe1]

codekiddy

What do u mean by that?

[MrHutch]

Static anything can be allocated without using new.
Dynamic anything can be allocated using new.

Arrays also need the square brackets, as coder777 mentioned above.

[codekiddy]

Fakherthe1,

I meant use clasic new and new[] to alocate memory for your objects.

Do you realy need HGLOBAL and HLOCAL?
I guess no, so leave them alone.

[modoran]

There are situations when you absolutely need HGLOBAL memory, such as interacting with windows clipboard.

new and malloc depends on CRT, it is possible to write a windows application without any depedencies on CRT (without statically linking in).

[MrHutch]

I would just avoid malloc altogether in C++.

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/6555/To-new-is-C-To-malloc-is-C-To-mix-them-is-sin

[Fakherthe1]

HGLOBAL and HLOCAL are used to allocated memory
for anything like integers,characters,images,vertices etc