------ foo.cpp ------
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
#define FACTOR 10
for (unsigned long array_size = 1; ; array_size *= FACTOR)
{
int* p = new int[array_size];

// int* p = (int*)malloc (array_size * sizeof(int)); - works fine

cerr << array_size << " : ";

if (!(p == NULL))
{
cerr << "SUCCESS" << endl;
delete p;
}
else
{
cerr << "FAILURE" << endl;
break;
}
}


return 0;

}
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--- Compilation & Run ---

// g++ 3.3.3

$ g++ -W -Wall foo.cpp

$ a

1 : SUCCESS
10 : SUCCESS
100 : SUCCESS
1000 : SUCCESS
10000 : SUCCESS
100000 : SUCCESS
1000000 : SUCCESS
10000000 : SUCCESS
100000000 : SUCCESS
Aborted (core dumped)

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The program is aborted. Why doesn't the program print "FAILURE"?
P.S. If we are using 'malloc' instead of 'new' the program does print "FAILURE".