Re: Deleting a passed-by-reference object in a function
Thanks for you reply Carl. That's what I wanted to know :)
Shoaib.
"Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]" <cpdaniel_remove_this_and_nospam@mvps.org.nospam>
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M. Shoaib Surya wrote:
Hello,
Is it okay to delete an new'ed object in the function that has been
passed-by-reference.
Please check the statement "delete pCalled;" in the following code
snippet.
void Test(int& i)
{
int* pCalled = &i;
printf("Address in Called: %d\n", pCalled);
delete pCalled;
}
int main()
{
int* pCaller = new int(10);
printf("Address in Caller: %d\n", pCaller);
Test(*pCaller);
}
The thing is that it is running fine in VC and the pointer also has
the same value. But, what I am wondering is that is it possible that
this is a platform-specific implementation of the compiler and this
code might break on other platforms, or is it a defined behavior and
perfectly legal in C++?
Perfectly legal, well-defined C++. Bad style, as you and others have
already pointed out.
-cd
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