I recently presented arguments for and against using dynamic memory allocation in C and C++ programs.1 I do agree that truly safety-critical systems ...

This automatic way to replace the default functions for dynamic memory allocation is by far the most popular way to use TBBmalloc. It’s easy and sufficient for most programs.

If you really want to prevent your C++ programs from using dynamic memory allocation, you should replace all four variants of operator new with versions that cause link errors.

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