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SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard

MEM51-CPP. Properly deallocate dynamically allocated resources
MEM52-CPP. Detect and handle memory allocation errors

MEM51

ERR56-CPP.

Properly deallocate dynamically allocated resources

Guarantee exception safety 

Bibliography

[Cline 2009]

Question 17.2, I'm still not convinced: A 4-line code snippet shows that return-codes aren't any worse than exceptions;
why should I therefore use exceptions on an application that is orders of magnitude larger?

[ISO/IEC 14882-2014]Subclause 15.2, "Constructors and Destructors"
[Meyers 96]Item 9, "Use Destructors to Prevent Resource Leaks"
[Stroustrup 2001]"Exception-Safe Implementation Techniques"

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