Re: Destructor not called with forward declaration instead of include

On 22 Apr, 19:07, marlow.and...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

[snip]
> The type must be known for delete blah to be compilable.

The code is not ill-formed, merely UB, so a conforming compiler could
compile the code without warning.

> Hence your code will not compile. Here's the error I got from gcc:
>
> BigClazz.cpp: In destructor ‘BigClazz::~BigClazz()’:
> BigClazz.cpp:5: warning: possible problem detected in invocation of
> delete operator:
> BigClazz.cpp:5: warning: invalid use of undefined type ‘struct Clazz’
> BigClazz.h:1: warning: forward declaration of ‘struct Clazz’
> BigClazz.cpp:5: note: neither the destructor nor the class-specific
> operator delete will be called, even if they are declared when the
> class is defined.
>
> Says it all, I think.
> You wouldn't be using a Micro$oft compiler by any chance?

warning C4150: deletion of pointer to incomplete type 'Clazz'; no
destructor called

Says it all, I think, and in just one line :)

DP


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