RE: delete *this possible?
Hi,
"aditya_min1978@yahoo.com" wrote:
Hi all,
i am getting one problem in MFC. i am explaining below -
i have a Dialog class derive from CDialog
class A: public CDialog
{
public:
PostNcDestroy()
{
delete this /// get memory leak
delete *this //ok
}
}
and another C++ class B which contains a object ABC of class A(not a
pointer, i.e it is on stack). In the constructor of B i called the
Create funtion on ABC (i.e its a modeless dialog). In the destructor i
called DestroyWindow() on ABC.
class B
{
private:
A ABC;
public:
CStManager()
{
ABC.Create(.....)
}
~CStManager()
{
ABC.DestroyWindow();
}
}
Now in the PostNcDestroy() function on class A if i call "delete this"
then i got memory leak, but if i call "delete *this" then ok. Is it
possible to write the statement "delete *this"???
"delete *this" is incorrect (and meaningless).
You should use delete for a pointer that points an object inside the heap.
Your ABC is constructed in the stack and thus deleting it is illegal.
Put "delete this" inside PostNcDestroy if your dlg's C++ object is
constructed by 'new' operator.
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