AFAIK, C++ does not have an equivalent. And no, new cannot be mixed with any of the C allocation functions (or rather, you can't delete a malloc-ed buffer or free a new-ed buffer, I guess you can use new and malloc in the same program as long as they are paired with the correct freeing method).

realloc was a bit of a crazy function really since there was no guarantee the memory would be left in the same place and just extended. I guess this is why there is no provision (that I am aware of) for it in C++.

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"new" in C++ is the equivalent of "malloc" in C.

No, the new operator creates a new object in C++. It has no direct equivant in C. In C++, ::operator new() is an analog for the malloc() function proivided in C, but really, the equivalent of malloc in C++ is spelled malloc().

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What is the C++ equivalent of "realloc"?

Try realloc().

If what you want to do is resize an array of objects created by the new[] operator, there is no way to do that. You would be better off upgrading your code from C-with-classes to C++ by using one of the dynamic containers supplied with the language (for example,std::vector) or available through third-party libraries.

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Can "new" be mixed with "realloc"?

You can use them freely in the same application. You cannot use realloc() to reallocate the memory allocated to an object created with the new operator, neither can you use free() with a pointer holding a value assigned from the new operator or ::operator new(). Also, you cannot use the delete[] operator on an object created with the new operator, ::operator new(), malloc(), calloc(), or realloc(). I could name more thing you canot do, but suffice it to say your should use match allocation or creation with the appropriate deallocation or destruction, and never mix them up.