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On 13 Mar 96 15:04:23 GMT, "Jon.Cassorla"
<cassorla@casey.columbiasc.ncr.com> wrote:

>1) For a variable that is declared locally to a function of a structure 
>   type, is the standard new constructor executed to allocated the 
>   memory for the data structure?

new is an operator not a constructor.  The non-overloaded form of
operator new allocates memory in which an object can be constructed.
After the memory is allocated, the object's ctor is called to build
the object from raw memory.

>2) When using "new" to allocate data space for a variable of a structure 
>   type (ie no constructor defined), is the resulting memory space zero'd
>   out as a standard?

No.

Jason
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