Re: composition and bad_alloc

mpho wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> This seems straightforward but gives this runtime error: terminate
> called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc' , what() :
> std9bad_alloc . I have:
[snip]
>             X(int s, T *p) : sz(s), ptr(new T[s])
[snip]
> 
>             ~X() {  delete ptr;  ptr = NULL;  }
[snip]
> 
> What's the problem above?
> Thank you.
> 

You have called "delete" on an array allocated with "new[]". Memory
allocated with "new[]" must be paired with "delete[]", not "delete".

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