How to test memory allocation with new ?

[jjleto]

Hello,

How do I handle the following :

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        #include <iostream>
        using namespace std;

        int main()
        {
                int n = 0x7FFFFFFF;
                char *pp = new char(n);
                if ( pp != NULL ) {
                        pp[0] = 0;
                        pp[n-1] = 0;
                        cout << "OK" << endl;
                } else {
                        cout << "FAILED" << endl;
                }
        }
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It compiles OK, but when I run it, I get a segmentation fault. I thought 
that testing a NULL value was enough for testing memory allocation (or 
perhaps it is a bug ? I use gcc (GCC) 3.3.4)

Regards,
jjleto