Re: delete does not work

From:
"Lav" <gupta.lav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
22 Jun 2006 00:15:35 -0700
Message-ID:
<1150960535.598670.236390@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>
junw2000@gmail.com wrote:

Below is a simple code:

#include <iostream>

class base{
public:
  base(): i(11){std::cout<<"base constructor"<<'\n';}
  virtual void f() = 0;
  virtual ~base(){ std::cout<<"base destructor"<<'\n';}
  int i;
};

class derv1 : public base{
public:
  derv1(){std::cout<<"derv1 constructor"<<'\n';}
  void f(){}
  ~derv1(){std::cout<<"derv1 destructor"<<'\n';}
};

class derv2 : public derv1{
public:
  derv2(){i=22;std::cout<<"derv2 constructor"<<'\n';}
  ~derv2(){std::cout<<"derv2 destructor"<<'\n';}
};

int main(){
  base *b1;
  derv1 *d1;

  derv2 *d2 = new derv2;

  b1 = d2;
  std::cout<<b1<<" "<<d2->i<<'\n';
  delete b1; //LINE1

  std::cout<<"after delete d1"<<'\n';
  std::cout<<b1->i<<" "<<d2->i<<'\n'; //LINE2
}

I delete b1 at LINE1. Why LINE2 still output the correct result---22?

Thanks.

Jack


Hi Jack,

Better practice would be

delete b1;
b1 = NULL;

because you never know how delete 'ed variable are going to respond.

Thanks
Lav

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