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According to the ARM section 5.3.3:
     "operator new() can be called with the argument
      zero.  Repeated such calls return pointers to
      distinct objects."  
      
But when I execute the following:
    #include <isotream.h>
    main()
    {
      struct foo { char a[1024]; };
      foo *p = new foo[0];
      foo *q = new foo[0];

      cout << (void *)p << " " << (void *)q << endl;
    }

I get
    0x338d8 0x338e8

While these are distinct pointers, the pointers refer to overlapping
objects. Is this a legitimate interpretation of section 5.3.3 or is
this a compiler/library bug?

Incidentally, the standard template library included with gcc 2.7.2
relies on "operator new(0)" working.

Thanks,
-Mike Butler
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