Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From:	manni DOT heumann AT gmx DOT de (Manni Heumann)
Subject:	Re: strdup() with delete[]
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>
>I guess the [] form is considered obsolete.  I would use simple delete s. 
>The operator's implementation knows how many objects are allocated.
>

Wow! Obsolete. Try this and then tell us whether it is obsolete:

class Test {
public:
        Test () { cout << "Constructing\n"; }
        ~Test () { cout << "Destructing\n"; }
};

int main () {
        Test *t = new Test [3];
        delete t;
        return 0;
}

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Manni

"Life would be much easier if I had the source code."

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