Yes, you correct.
_alloc.h:

#    define __THROW_BAD_ALLOC puts("out of memoryn"); exit(1)

stlsup.cpp:

void _cdecl exit(int _Code)
{
KeBugCheck(STATUS_INTERNAL_ERROR);
}

Also, i want to ask non BazisLib related question 🙂
I start using C++ and STLPort in NDIS driver, where most of calls on DISPATCH_LEVEL, so, memory must be allocated from NonPaged pool. When allocating memory from NonPaged pool frequently (for example, for packet modifying) chances to have out of memory are high.

Exception handling support will help in this case. Lets assume, that exceptions stack usage overhead isn’t a problem.
What you think about this implementation http://code.google.com/p/ontl/source/browse/trunk/ntl/rtl/eh.cpp

Maybe another ideas?

@bazis wrote:

Unfortunately, I don’t have much time to look into details right now. However, I don’t think that relying on undocumented _CxxThrowException(), that can be changed in future versions, is a good idea.

Yes, but this is another question, lets assume this is not problem.

@bazis wrote:

Moreover, I don’t explicitly see whether your example is compatible with x64.

Oh, i give incorrect link. Actual branch is x64. So, as i see from eh.cpp and ehsup.asm code, its will work on x64 too:
http://code.google.com/p/ontl/source/browse/branches/x64/ntl/rtl/eh.cpp
When you will have some time, plz have a look and tell your opinion.

@bazis wrote:

I would suggest redefining __THROW_BAD_ALLOC using SEH. As SEH is already supported by WDK, that should not be a problem. We won’t get a full equivalent of C++ exceptions, however, this particular problem (handle npagednew() for STL containers) will be solved smoothly.

Thanks for suggestion! I like this idea too. Going to use it.
Also will research on EH implementation above. Support for local objects destruction very important, so RAII principles are not broken.