Thread: releasing memory doubt

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    releasing memory doubt

    what will be the real memory releasing behaviour of following code snippet. Will all memory release properly? -

    Code:
    Class A
    {
    };
    
    Class B : public A
    {
    };
    
    main()
    {
    
    A *ptr = new B;
    A *ptr1 = new B[10];
    
    delete ptr;
    delete [] ptr1;
    }

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    Both the delete and the delete[] result in undefined behaviour since A does not have a virtual destructor, yet you attempt to destroy an object (or array thereof) of B through a pointer to A.
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    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    main should return int. Omitting return types for functions is ill-formed in C++.
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    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
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    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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