RE: new vs malloc, was BUG - Cygwin to GNU CC compatibility

[Ross Smith <rosss at pharos dot co dot nz>]

> From: Samuel [mailto:samuel@socal.rr.com]
> 
> From: "Ross Smith" <rosss@pharos.co.nz>
> >
> > No user code should ever use "delete"; it should only appear in the
> > implementation of a container or smart pointer.
> 
> What? I must misunderstand what is meant, since user code 
> must always use
> "delete" for each "new", unless the documentation of a 
> function clearly
> states that it is the function's responsibility to "delete".

This is what smart pointers (std::auto_ptr, boost::shared_ptr, etc) are
for. Anything allocated by new should always be held by a smart pointer
that will handle deletion automatically, never a raw pointer.

-- 
Ross Smith ...................... Pharos Systems, Auckland, New Zealand

"C++ is to programming as sex is to reproduction. Better ways might
technically exist but they're not nearly as much fun." - Nikolai Irgens
 

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