delete []

homeyg · 06-02-2005, 06:00 PM

I remember reading somewhere that if you send the address of a dynamic array to a function, using delete [] array; does no good because it doesn't keep track of how long the array was. Is this true?

Codeplug · 06-02-2005, 06:13 PM

>> Is this true?
No. If you allocate an array using new, you must use delete[].

Perhaps you're thinking of sizeof(array)...

gg

homeyg · 06-02-2005, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Codeplug

Perhaps you're thinking of sizeof(array)...

gg

That's what I was thinking of! Thanks for reminding me.

06-02-2005, 06:00 PM	#1
homeyg C/C++ Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Louisiana, USA Posts: 209	delete [] I remember reading somewhere that if you send the address of a dynamic array to a function, using delete [] array; does no good because it doesn't keep track of how long the array was. Is this true?
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Codeplug Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 3,888	>> Is this true? No. If you allocate an array using new, you must use delete[]. Perhaps you're thinking of sizeof(array)... gg
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