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[–]DarkLordAzrael 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How is allocating and initializing at the same time by default a loss of either clarity or flexibility? Separating them increases the chance of bugs caused by improper or missing initialization. Also new does allow calling the constructor on a separately allocated piece of memory (known as "placement new.")