From -1671540884042591834 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,afd7c5d805e2c577 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-03-30 21:41:30 PST Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Path: sparky!uunet!bcstec!plato!dogfish!dano From: dano@dogfish.boeing.com (Dan Olson) Subject: Re: Is delete [] always safe? Message-ID: Sender: nntp@plato.ds.boeing.com Reply-To: dano@dogfish.ds.boeing.com (Dan Olson) Organization: Boeing Space Systems Division References: <1993Mar22.024915.14564@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <733083364snx@dspcproj.demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 01:16:32 GMT Lines: 11 What I want to know, why is 'delete [] ptr' syntax even needed? The total size of memory pointed to by ptr is known and so is the sizeof *ptr, so the number of elements is known. Why not just have 'delete ptr' call the dtor for each element in the list? Will someone enlighten me? -- UUCP: ..!uunet!bcstec!plato!dogfish!dano Internet: dano@dogfish.ds.boeing.com