Thread: Should I use -> or . ?

Originally Posted by laserlight

I would try not to use this, but instead use a smart pointer such as std::auto_ptr or std::tr1::shared_ptr, e.g.,

Also auto_ptr doen't support proper deallocation on arrays. For that you need boost::scoped_ptr or something similar. Also be careful about multiple references with auto_ptrs, but they are preferred for RAII.