Programming in C++, 2nd Edition

Chapter 14

C++ and Memory Models

CHAPTER OUTLINE

14.1  Introduction

14.2  Memory Models

14.3  Dynamic Memory Allocation

14.4  The new and delete Operators

14.5  Heap Consumption

14.6  Overloading new and delete Operators

14.7  Overloading new and delete in Classes

14.8  Execution Sequence of Constructor and Destructor

14.9  Specifying Address of an Object

14.10  Dynamic Objects

14.11  Calling Conventions

14.1  INTRODUCTION

Memory is one of the critical resources of a computer system. It is limited and can also be exhausted. One should be conscious about the memory modules while an application is being developed. In this chapter, we will learn about stack, the heap, dynamic memory allocation, dynamic objects, and calling conventions.

14.2  MEMORY ...