// Ex6_06.cpp
#include<new>                    // For bad_alloc type
#include<iostream>
using std::bad_alloc;
using std::cout;
using std::endl;

int main( ) 
{
  char* pdata = 0;
  size_t count = ~static_cast<size_t>(0)/2;
  try
  {
    pdata = new char[count];
    cout << "Memory allocated." << endl;
  }
  catch(bad_alloc &ex)
  {
    cout << "Memory allocation failed." << endl
         << "The information from the exception object is: "
         << ex.what() << endl;
  }
  delete[] pdata;
  return 0;
}