On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Manuel Massing
<m.mass...@warped-space.de>wrote:
> Hi Frederic,
>
> > Yes, I am afraid. This code construction show up in the code from time to
> > time and we have to provide a replacement. I think the best approach is
> to
> > use an auto_ptr.
> >
> > std::auto_ptr<char> buf( new char[len] );
> >
> > in order to be exception safe.
>
> For array allocations, you need to take care that the array is
> deallocated using the array delete [] operator, i.e.
>
> char *buf = new char[len];
> delete [] buf;
>
> Using an auto_ptr<char> is incorrect in this situation, because it will
> deallocate using the non-array delete operator. You should use
> boost::scoped_array (or boost::shared_array if it is to be reference
> counted)
> instead.
>
> The last time I went down this path, I ended up back at good ole
std::vector. In this context, std::string would be just fine too.
Tim
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