Re: Exception when deleting pointer in a struct
PaulH wrote:
I have a program with a structure object that looks like this:
typedef struct _MyStruct {
CString Name;
CString Path;
CMyObj *pObj;
HINSTANCE hModule;
}MyStruct;
I then initialize it as below:
func()
{
MyStruct item;
item.pObj = new CMyObj();
item.Name = _T("Some Name");
item.Path = _T("Some Path");
item.hModule = AfxLoadLibrary(_T("Mylib.dll"));
if (!VerifySomething())
{
//unload and cleanup
delete item.pObj; //Exception occurs here
AfxFreeLibrary(item.hModule);
}
}
But, when I do the "delete item.pObj;" call, I sometimes (not always)
get an exception. This only happens in release mode, not in debug.
Does anybody know what's going on here?
Thanks,
PaulH
As Ali pointed out, put a constructor to initialize the data. Although
I am not certain that will help as you are initializing the data.
Another point, if VerifySomething fails, you will have a memory leak as
item.pObj will not be delted. You should do this in destructor. Make
your struct a class with constructor/destructor where you initialize
and new/delete memory.
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