Should we check if memory allocations fail?

Question

I\'ve seen a lot of code that checks for NULL pointers whenever an allocation is made. This makes the code verbose, and if it\'s not done consistently, only when the program

Answer 1

I'd like to add that edge cases should always be checked even if you think they are safe or cannot lead to other issues than a crash. Null pointer dereference can potentially be exploited (http://uninformed.org/?v=4&a=5&t=sumry).