What is the difference between new/delete and malloc/free?

Question

What is the difference between new/delete and malloc/free?

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Answer 1

• new is an operator, whereas malloc() is a fucntion.
• new returns exact data type, while malloc() returns void * (pointer of type void).
• malloc(), memory is not initialized and default value is garbage, whereas in case of new, memory is initialized with default value, like with 'zero (0)' in case on int.
• delete and free() both can be used for 'NULL' pointers.