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From: dave@fcom.cc.utah.edu (Dave Martin)
Subject: Is delete [] always safe?
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Is it safe to do a delete [] pointer when pointer is not a vector?
It is not safe in the gnu gcc2.3.3 compiler.  What does/will the standard
say?  Is the only reason to require the [] on vectors to clue in the compiler
so it doesn't have to check at runtime whether it is deleteing a vector
( by seeing if sizeof(type) is < sizeof memory buffer) or is there some other
reason?  I had a program that was relying on delete [] ptr being safe for
both vectors and non-vectors until it broke.  Do I need to have special
cases?

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