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From: gennaro_prota@yahoo.com (Gennaro Prota)
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Subject: Re: why doesn't delete NULL the pointer?
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Gennaro Prota <gennaro_prota@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<f94s9usiqvi9s4hfspdhkni29d3dr20fdq@4ax.com>...
[..]

> 
> template <typename T, std::size_t N>
> void delete_and_null(T (*&p)[N] ) {
>   delete [] p;
>   p = NULL;
> }
> 

Hmmm... congratulations, Genny! :) Now, how do you get your hands on a
"pointer to array" via a new expression?

Genny.

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