Difference between delete and delete[]

[Cedric Moonen]

Hello ! Juste a little question. What is exactly the difference between delete and delete[] ? Is the second used to delete memory allocated for more than one element and the first when only one element was allocated ? Thanks

[Rob Manderson]

delete[] assumes that the block of memory pointed at is an array of (the same kind of) objects where the delete operator needs to call the destructor for each element in the array. Rob Manderson **Paul Watson wrote:**What sense would you most dislike loosing? Ian Darling replied. Telepathy Then I'd no longer be able to find out everyones dirty little secrets The Lounge, December 4 2003

[RChin]

Both c++ commands are used to deallocate memory that was previously created. However, delete [] instructs the compiler that the given memory location is an array of allocated space (usually created using the new [] keyword).
The general rule is to use

delete with new

and

delete [] with new []

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[Cedric Moonen]

Ok thanks ! That was what I was thinking about but I wasn't sure :-)

[Arcrest]

for more details, refer to Scott Meyers <>