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From: steve@taumet.com (Steve Clamage)
Subject: Re: Is delete [] always safe?
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dave@fcom.cc.utah.edu (Dave Martin) writes:

>Is it safe to do a delete [] pointer when pointer is not a vector?

No, it is never safe.

> What does/will the standard say?

The same thing the ARM already says.  The form of the delete-expression
must match the form of the new-expression.  You use the "[]" form in
the delete-expression if and only if the corresponding new-expression
used that form.  Anything else is an error and has undefined results.
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Steve Clamage, TauMetric Corp, steve@taumet.com