I recently presented arguments for and against using dynamic memory allocation in C and C++ programs ... you shouldn't try to deallocate it with an array delete-expression, as in: In general, C++ ...

Here is the code to dynamically allocate an array and initialize the fourth element: Again, assigning NULL to the pointer after deallocation is just good programming practice. Another option for ...

Last summer, I wrote a column entitled “Poor reasons for rejecting C++” in which I sought to dispel some ... Although I have used this technique to successfully prevent using dynamic memory allocation ...

In C and C++, it can be very convenient to allocate and de-allocate blocks of memory as and when needed. This is certainly standard practice in both languages and almost unavoidable in C++. However, ...