From:	"Rafal Maj" <maj_rafal AT poczta DOT onet DOT pl>
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Subject:	Odp: Deleting after strdup
Date:	Thu, 3 May 2001 13:47:46 +0200
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So  both delete s; and delete[] s; are wrong ? I know that delete is C++
style, but since char* has no destructor, I think that delete or delete[]
will work for this type same as free(). Am I right ?

Użytkownik Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> w
wiadomo¶ci do grup dyskusyjnych
napisał:9crerk$mct$1 AT nets3 DOT rz DOT RWTH-Aachen DOT DE...
> Rafal Maj <maj_rafal AT poczta DOT onet DOT pl> wrote:
> > Sorry for newbie question... after char* s = strdup(...); I should use
> > delete[] s; ?
>
> No. free(s).  strdup() is a C function, not a C++ one, so it uses the
> C style of memory allocation.
>
> > or is it safe to use char *s = strdup(org); ?
>
> Read it up in the docs. If they don't say you can pass in a NULL
> without harm, then you shouldn't.
>
>
> --
> Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
> Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

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