I recently presented arguments for and against using dynamic memory allocation in C and C++ programs.1 I do agree that truly safety-critical systems ...

Dynamic memory allocation tends to be non-deterministic; the time taken to allocate memory may not be predictable and the memory pool may become fragmented, resulting in unexpected allocation failures ...

This automatic way to replace the default functions for dynamic memory allocation is by far the most popular way to use TBBmalloc. It’s easy and sufficient for most programs.

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If you really want to prevent your C++ programs from using dynamic memory allocation, you should replace all four variants of operator new with versions that cause link errors.