Thread: Memory Leak or not?

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    Memory Leak or not?

    Dose this look right??
    Code:
    struct lworlds{
    	lworlds();
    	~lworlds();
    	char * name;
    };
    
    struct game{
    	lworlds world[10];
    }
    
    lworlds::lworlds() {
    	name = new char[25];
    }
    
    lworlds::~lworlds() {
    	delete name;
    }

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    Nope...
    Code:
    lworlds::~lworlds() {
    	delete name;
    }
    
    // should be:
    
    lworlds::~lworlds() {
    	delete [] name;
    }
    If you allocate an array (new something[]) you must destroy it with delete [].
    Making error is human, but for messing things thoroughly it takes a computer

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    yes, delete the array.

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    As i see it there are 2 ways, either the name is an array of char* or the name is a single element of an array of classes. Will the same delete[] method work for either situation.

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    Actually, it's not strictly necessary to call delete with [] for primitives and objects that require no destruction. 'delete name' will free all the memory allocated with 'name = new char[25]'. However if 'name' was an object with a destructor then the [] operator would be required so that the destructor was called for each one. Although, it does no harm calling delete [] on primitives, and it's probably easier to remember to call delete [] whenever you new [].
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