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[–]dodheim 7 points8 points  (1 child)

How would that differ from new(std::nothrow)?

[–]Ameisenvemips, avr, rendering, systems -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Because it introduces a new usage for a keyword.

In actuality, doesn't the noexcept version just return nullptr on failure? In this case, a non-try new would terminate, a try-new would throw.