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From: manni DOT heumann AT gmx DOT de (Manni Heumann)
Subject: Re: strdup() with delete[]
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Nimrod Abing wrote:
>>class Test {
>>public:
>>         Test () { cout << "Constructing\n"; }
>>         ~Test () { cout << "Destructing\n"; }
>>};
>>
>>int main () {
>>         Test *t = new Test [3];
>>         delete t;
>
>In a real world scenario, this would be a fatal mistake since the
>destructor would only be called for t[0]. The correct form would be:
>
>          delete [] t;
>
>>         return 0;
>>}

That's why I provided that example! It clearly shows that 
delete[] is far form being obsolete. 


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Manni

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