new and delete help for classes

From:
Renato <rk333@iinet.net.au>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:29:35 +1000
Message-ID:
<460fa5af$0$15026$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>
I have an array of pointers to class Shape.

I create 4 items and display their values.

shapes[0 - 3]
Shape *shapes[SIZE];

shapes[0] = new Shape (p1);
shapes[1] = new Triangle (p1);
shapes[2] = new Polygon (p2);

p2.push_back( Point( 210, 210) );
shapes[3] = new Polygon (p2);

sListSize = 4;

// --== This is what is causing my program to crash - but why? ==--
// Please help
for(int i = 0; i < sListSize; i ++)
        delete shapes[i];

But when I try to delete them, The program crashes after item 0.

Please find attached the code below:

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// .h file
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Point
{
        public:
                int x, y;
                Colour col;

        public:
                Point(void) { x = y = 100; col.r = col.g = col.b = 255; }
                Point(int iX, int iY, Colour iCol);
                Point(int iX, int iY);
                string GetInfo(void);

                // operators
                Point operator=(const Point &rhs);
                bool operator==(const Point &rhs);
                bool operator!=(const Point &rhs);
                bool operator<( const Point & rhs) { return this->y < rhs.y; }
};

class Shape
{
        public:
                vector<Point> pL;
                vector<Line> eL;

        public:
                Shape(vector<Point> pList) : pL(pList) { cout << "Shape constructor" <<
endl; }
                Shape(void) {}
                ~Shape() { cout << "Shape Destructor" << endl; }

                // Member functions
                void SetColour(Colour);

                // Virtual functions
                virtual string GetInfo(void);
                virtual void Draw(void);

                // Sorting routines
                void SortOnY(void);
                void SortOnX(void);
};

class Triangle : virtual public Shape
{
        public:
                Triangle(vector<Point> pList, unsigned int fType = 0) :
                        Shape(pList), fillType(fType) { SortOnY(); cout << "Triangle constructor"
<< endl; }

                ~Triangle() { cout << "Triangle destructor" << endl; }
                void Draw(void);
                string GetInfo(void);
        private:
                unsigned int fillType;
};

// Member of Shape and Triangle
class Polygon : virtual public Shape, public Triangle
{
        public:
                Polygon(vector<Point> pList, unsigned int fType = 0) :
                        Triangle(pList, fType), Shape(pList) { SortOnX(); }

                        ~Polygon() { cout << "Polygon destructor" << endl; }
                void Draw(void);
                string GetInfo(void);
};

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// .cpp file
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Point::Point(int iX, int iY, Colour iCol)
{
        x = iX;
        y = iY;
        col = iCol;
}

Point::Point(int iX, int iY)
{
        x = iX;
        y = iY;
        col.r = col.b = col.g = 255;
}

string Point::GetInfo(void)
{
        string s;
        char buff[200];
        sprintf(buff, "Point (%3d,%3d) - Col_RGB: [%3d,%3d,%3d]", x, y, col.r,
col.g, col.b);
        s = buff;
        return(s);
}

Point Point::operator=(const Point &rhs)
{
        if(this == &rhs)
                return(*this);

        x = rhs.x;
        y = rhs.y;
        col = rhs.col;

        return(*this);
}

bool Point::operator==(const Point &rhs)
{
        if(rhs.x == x && rhs.y == y)
                return(true);
        else
                return(false);
}

bool Point::operator!=(const Point &rhs)
{
        if(rhs.x != x && rhs.y != y)
                return(true);
        else
                return(false);
}

// ------------------------------------------------------------------
// --== LINE ==--
// ------------------------------------------------------------------
// LINE --> Constructor 1
Line::Line(Point iP1, Point iP2)
{
        p1 = iP1;
        p2 = iP2;
}

string Line::GetInfo(void)
{
        string s;
        char buff[200];

        return(s);
}

// ------------------------------------------------------------------
// --== SHAPE ==--
// ------------------------------------------------------------------
// Sorting functions
bool lessX(const Point &p1, const Point &p2) { return(p1.x < p2.x); }
bool lessY(const Point &p1, const Point &p2) { return(p1.y < p2.y); }

void Shape::SortOnX(void) { sort (pL.begin(), pL.end(), lessX); }
void Shape::SortOnY(void) { sort (pL.begin(), pL.end(), lessY); }

void Shape::SetColour(Colour c)
{
        for(int i = 0; i < pL.size(); i ++)
                pL[i].col = c;
}

string Shape::GetInfo(void)
{
        string s;
        char buff[200];
        sprintf( buff, "Shape - pointCnt: %d", pL.size() );
        s = buff;

        for(int i = 0; i < pL.size(); ++ i)
                s += string("\n\t") + pL[i].GetInfo().c_str();

        return(s);
}

void Shape::Draw(void) { cout << "Shape Draw" << endl; }

// ------------------------------------------------------------------
// --== SHAPE ==--
// ------------------------------------------------------------------
void Triangle::Draw() { cout << "Triangle Draw" << endl; }

string Triangle::GetInfo(void)
{
        string s;
        char buff[200];
        s = "Triangle - ";
        sprintf(buff, "FillType: %d\n", fillType);
        s += buff;
        s += Shape::GetInfo().c_str();
        return(s);
}

void Polygon::Draw(void)
{
        cout << "Polygon Draw" << endl;
        Triangle::Draw();
}

string Polygon::GetInfo(void)
{
        string s;
        s = "Polygon - GetInfo";
        s += Triangle::GetInfo().c_str();
        return(s);
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// .cpp MAIN file
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
int sListSize = 0;

Shape *shapes[SIZE];

vector<Point> p1;
p1.push_back( Point(10, 10) );
p1.push_back( Point(100, 100) );
p1.push_back( Point(20, 20) );

shapes[0] = new Shape (p1);
shapes[1] = new Triangle (p1);
vector<Point> p2;
p2.push_back( Point(10, 10) );
p2.push_back( Point(100, 100) );
p2.push_back( Point(20, 20) );
p2.push_back( Point( 200, 200) );

//shapes[2] = new Polygon (p2);
shapes[2] = new Polygon (p2);

p2.push_back( Point(450, 120) );
shapes[3] = new Polygon (p2);
sListSize = 4;

cout << "\nDoing the old pointer list method: " << endl;
for(int i = 0; i < sListSize; i ++)
{
        cout << "\n" << "I: " << i << " " << shapes[i]->GetInfo().c_str() << endl;
        shapes[i]->Draw();
}

cout << "\n--== DELETING MEMORY ==--\n";
cout << "Size: " << sListSize << endl;

for(int i = 0; i < sListSize; i ++)
{
        cout << "DEL: " << i << endl;
        delete shapes[i]; // --== This is causing me problems ==--
}

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