From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: strdup() with delete[]
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Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 22:21:22 GMT
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On Sun, 10 Sep 2000 23:18:07 +0200, "Rafał Maj" <r_maj AT poczta DOT onet DOT pl>
wrote:

>All memory allocated like
>  char* s = new char[100];
>should be deleted using :
>  delete s[];
>right ?

delete[] s;

>And what about allocation done with strdup() :
>  char* s = strdup("test");
>should I use then delete s[];  OR  delete s;  ?

Neither.  strdup() is part of the C library, so you use the C function
  free(s);

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