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commit aeab6012b4307af88decbc6f85b444988955072a
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Jul 4 19:57:30 2026 -0500
[groff]: Migrate to ISO C++98 `try/new/catch`.
* src/roff/groff/groff.cpp (possible_command::build_argv): Use ISO C++98
exceptions to handle heap storage allocation failure. Preprocessor-
include C++ "<new>" header file.
Continues the long process of fixing Savannah #68192.
---
ChangeLog | 8 ++++++++
src/roff/groff/groff.cpp | 11 ++++++++++-
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 472562313..e5f3ae1f4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2026-07-04 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
+
+ * src/roff/groff/groff.cpp (possible_command::build_argv): Use
+ ISO C++98 exceptions to handle heap storage allocation failure.
+ Preprocessor-include C++ "<new>" header file.
+
+ Continues the long process of fixing Savannah #68192.
+
2026-07-04 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
* src/roff/groff/groff.cpp (possible_command::build_argv): Fix
diff --git a/src/roff/groff/groff.cpp b/src/roff/groff/groff.cpp
index 04bfeb665..45ae102d9 100644
--- a/src/roff/groff/groff.cpp
+++ b/src/roff/groff/groff.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ along with this program. If not, see
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
#include <sys/types.h> // pid_t
#include <signal.h> // kill()
+#include <new> // std::bad_alloc
+
+// operating system services
// needed for close(), dup(), execvp(), _exit(), fork(), pipe(), wait()
#include "posix.h"
#include "nonposix.h"
@@ -738,7 +741,13 @@ void possible_command::build_argv()
}
// Build an argument vector.
const size_t argv_len = argc + 1;
- argv = new char *[argv_len];
+ try {
+ argv = new char *[argv_len];
+ }
+ catch (const std::bad_alloc &exc) {
+ fatal("cannot allocate %1 bytes for argument storage",
+ (argv_len * sizeof(char *)));
+ }
argv[0] = name;
for (size_t i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
argv[i] = p;
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