C++ delete question

I think new[] allocates 4 bytes + your memory, stores the count in those 4 bytes and returns the address of the memory. Then delete[] just has to go 4 bytes back from the address you pass it to find the size.

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it allocated much more extra bytes. Sometime ago I figuered out that it was 18 bytes if I''m not mistaking before the pointer. But you shouldn''t use that, because you never know if it will work on other systems/windows versions, and you can be quite sure it won''t be cross platform.

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Because you told the compiler how much to allocate when you said new int[10], so the compiler stores the number with the memory it allocated, and when you call delete [] on that variable, it knows how much to delete.

Just trust the compiler. It works, and is part of the standard.

new/delete
new[]/delete[]

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ladies and gentlemen...

i decree that from now on, this question will be answered with two words, "its magic."

now, move along...

Looks this is what is happening!!

When you declare int *ARRAY = new int[10];, the compiler goes to the heap (a section in where you can allocate memory that lies on RAM) and set memory aside for your data. In this case you are telling to the compiler to set aside 10 int''s or 10 * 4 = 40 bytes. But how do the compiler knows where the memory is?..Well that is why we declare variables...I this case ARRAY is a constant Address,,,or a Pointer to the first byte of the 40 bytes we set aside on memory. Therefore, when you call
delete[] ARRAY;
Your compiler goes to the Address that ARRAY is holding and free the same amount of bytes that you set aside when you reserved that portion of data.
In this case 40 bytes.

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Not only are you not entirely right, but this was answered in a post about the exact same thing like 2 days ago.

Thus, "Its magic."

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Original post by C-Junkie
i decree that from now on, this question will be answered with two words, "its magic."

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...but that doesn''t make any sense. You want: "It''s magic.", with the apostrophe.

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Original post by Anonymous Poster
Now explain the magic behind stack unwinding

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First you wind the stack then you unwind it... using Voodoo.