Navigating C++ and Object-Oriented Design

8.1. Global new and delete

The global versions of operator new and operator delete in the standard C++ library provide a uniform interface for allocating and deallocating objects of any type (built-in or class type). Table 8.1 shows the calling formats and signatures for global new.

Table 8.1. Formats for global new

Call Format	Signatures
new Type (predeclared)	void *operator new(size_t) throw(bad_alloc);
new(nothrow) Type	void *operator new(size_t, const nothrow_t &) throw();
new (loc) Type	void *operator new(size_t, void *) throw();
new Type[size1][sizeN] (predeclared)	void *operator new[](size_t) throw(bad_alloc);
new(nothrow) Type[size1][sizeN]	void *operator new[](size_t, const nothrow_t &) throw();
new (loc) Type[size1][sizeN]	void *operator ...