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From: cadsi@ccad.uiowa.edu (CADSI)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: an object killing itself.
Message-ID: <1991Jun9.183803.23732@ccad.uiowa.edu>
Date: 9 Jun 91 18:38:03 GMT
References: <1991Jun9.080138.2540@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
Organization: CAD-Research, U. of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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From article <1991Jun9.080138.2540@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>, by helz@gorilla.ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman):
> Hey net.c++.wisepersons...
> I have an application where it would be very convenient for a member
> function to be able to do the equivelent of deleting the object it is
> a member of, as shown in the following code:
> 

[ stuff deleted ]

I use the WM_DESTROY messate in Windows code to do JUST this.  It
has worked for me (Borland C++) with no hitches.

class classofstuff {
	member1 { do_some_stuff() ;  delete this }
	.
	.
}

[source and other stuff deleted]

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