Re: "delete this" for object in Stack
On Oct 15, 6:22 am, thomas <freshtho...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
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class A {
public:
~A(){}
void Release(){ delete this; }};
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A *a = new A();
a->Release(); --> Method I
A a2;
a2.Release(); --> Method II
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a is created in Heap while a2 is in Stack.
When I call "Release()", thus "delete this;" to these two different
kinds of object, what will happen?
If "delete this" just involves calling the destructor, I suppose they
are equivalent.
Any suggestions? Thanks.
tom
Hi,
Make sure you read this FAQ:
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/freestore-mgmt.html#faq-16.15
You cannot call delete for objects allocated on the stack (amongst
others - see FAQ). This means that you have to make sure your
objects are heap allocated. You could do this by making the
constructor private and having a static function that returns
a heap instance.
class A
{
public:
void Release(){ delete this; }
static std::auto_ptr<A> makeA()
{
return std::auto_ptr<A>( new A );
}
private:
A(){ }
};
I just use an auto pointer here because it makes
it clear that the caller takes ownership of the
pointer (assuming he calls the function that eventually
performs deallocation.
Kind regards,
Werner
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