Question

Analyze and write a comparison of C's malloc and free functions with C++'s new and delete operators. Use safety as the primary consideration in the comparison

Answer 1

Answer:

The C's malloc and free functions and the C++'s new and delete operators execute similar operations but in different ways and return results.

Explanation:

- The new and delete operators return a fully typed pointer while the malloc and free functions return a void pointer.

-The new and delete operators do not return a null value on failure but the malloc/free functions do.

- The new/delete operator memory is allocated from free store while the malloc/free functions allocate from heap.

- The new/delete operators can add a new memory allocator to help with low memory but the malloc/free functions can't.

- The compiler calculates the size of the new/delete operator array while the malloc/free functions manually calculate array size as specified.