From: sparhawk AT eunet DOT at (Gerhard Gruber)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: "delete" and "delete []" operators
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 19:54:04 GMT
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From: Gruber Gerhard
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Date: 09 Jul 1998 18:12:49 +0100:

>> If I create an array like this:
>> 
>>   typedef char *cptr;
>>   cptr x;
>>   x = new char[15];
>> 
>> Should I then, when I come to free the memory, use:
>> 
>>   delete x;
>> or
>>   delete [] x;
>
>delete [] x;

Why? If have seen this delete[] in a few cases but I don't really know what
the difference is to the "normal" delete.
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   Gerhard

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