Date:	Thu, 22 Jul 93 17:51:16 -0400
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT com>
To:	stefan AT cs DOT ualberta DOT ca
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: Anachronous delete.

> 1.	delete [_size_] _p-var_;
> 2.	delete _p-var_;
>
> I am using the first form in a program and gcc says:
>
> "warning:  use of array size with vector delete is anachronistic"

The correct syntax now is this:

	delete [] _p-var_;

The compiler keeps track of the number of elements behind the scenes,
so it doesn't care what you give it.  The brackets are still needed to
differentiate between this and a regular delete operation.

DJ

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