Do you have to delete a function pointer ?
Hiya all,
I am trying to use function pointers. I know that usually if you use a
pointer to an object, you have to release the memory at the end by
calling the delete keyword. I was wondering if this is the same for
function pointers. And if yes, how do you do that ? And how do you
assign it to 0 or Null. Here below I have written a small program. I
use an array of function pointer. Because the function pointer is
located in the main() function, I know that when the program exits,
memory is automatically released. But I what if I use it in another
function which I call many times where the function pointer is being
assigned many times. How then should I released the memory ? Many
thanks in advance.
robert
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
class test
{
public:
void f()
{
cout<<"f function"<<endl;
}
void g()
{
cout<<"g function"<<endl;
}
};
int main()
{
void (test::*fArr[2])();
test t ;
map<string, int> fP ;
fP["f"] = 0;
fP["g"] = 1;
fArr[0] = &test::f;
fArr[1] = &test::g;
(t.*fArr[fP["f"]])();
cout<<"Program finish"<<endl;
return 0;
}
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