Is there a GC'd malloc alternative?

[Bill Baxter]

0ffh wrote:
> Johan Granberg wrote:
>> 0ffh wrote:
>>
>>> I just wonder if there is no library function that
>>> works like 'malloc' but in garbage collected memory?
>>> [...]
>>> p.s.
>>> I am probably not looking for the 'new' operator,
>>> [...]
>>
>> are you sure about the new thing. I think that this code would work.
>>
>> new void[SIZE];
>>
>> where SIZE is an integer representing how large chunk of memory you 
>> want to
>> reserve.
>>
>> ps. this newsgroup is all but abandoned use the digitalmars.D instead.
> 
> Well, thanks, "void d[]=new void[100];" seems to compile fine.
> Now I just wonder how many bytes 100 voids weight? :-)
> Do you think it would be evil to steal the pointer out of the
> array, because I'd really like to get a pointer as a result?

No problem.

void d[]=new void[100];
some_library_fn_that_takes_a_void_ptr(d.ptr);

Works fine.

--bb