class deleting itself

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class Foo
{
    public:
        void Destroy();
} *global_foo;


void Foo::Destroy()
{
    delete global_foo;

    cout << "Still here..." << endl;
}


int main()
{
    global_foo = new Foo;
    global_foo->Destroy();

    return 0;
}

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What should happen when I run this? Because it runs without errors, but I'm not sure wether it's valid to do this. I mean, shouldn't the object be deleted after "delete global_foo"? Which means "Still here..." shouldn't be displayed right? But it is. Any possible side effects I should know of?

Nothing is going wrong. The fact that you deleted global_foo is still true, but you can print as many messages as you want. It has nothing to do with freeing the memory that global_foo points to.

I think what you wrote is fine and legal because the object is only needed to call the function: not to do what's inside it.

This is basically this. I mean. Haha.

http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lit...html#faq-16.15

[16.15] Is it legal (and moral) for a member function to say delete this?