differences between new char[n] and new (char[n])

Question

Is there any difference between new char[n] and new (char[n])?

I have the second case in a generated code, g++ (4.8.0) gives me

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Answer 1

  new int [n]
  //Allocates memory for `n` x `sizeof(int)` and returns
  //the pointer which points to the beginning of it. 

 +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+
 |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |      |
 |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |      |
 |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |      |
 +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+


  new (int [n])
  //Allocate a (int[n]), a square which its item is an array
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
|+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+ |
||     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |      | |
||     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |      | |
||     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |      | |
|+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+ |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+

In fact both of them are equal.

 

Here is the code generated by assembler (just an ignorable difference):

int n = 10;
int *i = new (int[n]);
int *j = new int[n];

i[1] = 123;
j[1] = 123;

----------------------------------

!    int *i = new (int[n]);
main()+22: mov    0x1c(%esp),%eax
main()+26: sub    $0x1,%eax
main()+29: add    $0x1,%eax
main()+32: shl    $0x2,%eax
main()+35: mov    %eax,(%esp)
main()+38: call   0x401620 <_Znaj> // void* operator new[](unsigned int);
main()+43: mov    %eax,0x18(%esp)
!    int *j = new int[n];
main()+47: mov    0x1c(%esp),%eax
main()+51: shl    $0x2,%eax
main()+54: mov    %eax,(%esp)
main()+57: call   0x401620 <_Znaj> // void* operator new[](unsigned int);
main()+62: mov    %eax,0x14(%esp)
!    
!    i[1] = 123;
main()+66: mov    0x18(%esp),%eax
main()+70: add    $0x4,%eax
main()+73: movl   $0x7b,(%eax)
!    j[1] = 123;
main()+79: mov    0x14(%esp),%eax
main()+83: add    $0x4,%eax
main()+86: movl   $0x7b,(%eax)

You must delete both of them by delete [] ...