Sorry to post so many newbie questions, but is this correct?
is, afaik, the way that you creat a new class object dynamically.Code:aClass *myClass = new aClass;
My question is, is this the proper way to delete it?
by delete I am of course primarily concerned with freeing the memory up for further use in the program.Code:free(myClass);
Thats the right way to create it but never "free()" "new"
malloc() you free()
new you delete
or if its an array of objects
delete[]
dont cross the two over
To elaborate:
Those are the correct ways to free allocated memory.Code:int *a=new int; char *b=new char [256]; char *c=(char *)malloc(256); free(c); delete [] b; delete a;
EDIT: Blindingly obvious type error
Last edited by bennyandthejets; 09-26-2003 at 10:01 PM.
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Now, this is going to seem REALLY newbish, but in the case of
do I doCode:aClass *myClass = new aClass;
orCode:delete myClass;
and if ICode:delete *myClass;
first of all is that the way I create an array for class? and secondlyCode:aClass *myClass = new aClass[10]
once again do I delete with the * or not? When do I delete with the pointer * and when don't I?
Code:aClass *myClass = new aClass; delete myClass;You never dereference the pointer -- delete and delete[] expect pointers, not objects.Code:aClass *myClass = new aClass[10]; delete[] myClass;
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