memory leakage?

i have a question regarding memory leakage.

i have a attribute defined in the class like this:

MyClass* myObject;

function1 is invoked when the application starts, and allocates memory for myObject:

myObject=new MyClass(1);

function2 is latter ran, and does the following:

myObject=new MyClass(2);

does this lead to memory leakage? do i have to explicitly delete myObject first and then allocate memory for myObject once again? or can i do as i have done? (it is important for me that the object keeps the original name!).


thank you :)

>does this lead to memory leakage?

Sure does.

>do i have to explicitly delete myObject

If you're re-assigning the only pointer you have to it, yes.

>or can i do as i have done?

Nothing stopping you (unless you run out of memory), but if people see your code they may make fun of you.