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From: rjc@CS.UCLA.EDU (Robert Collins)
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Subject: Re: array size expression for delete
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Date: 1 Mar 90 20:53:58 GMT
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<From hansen@pegasus.att.com Thu Mar  1 09:48:40 1990
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<[ discussion of delete size expressions: delete [size] foo; ]
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<I said:
<< Why is the size expression required at all?  G++ seems to correctly handle
<< `normal' dynamic arrays, even in the face of sizeof().  Why can't the same
<< thing be done with arrays of things created via new?
<
<The next version of the C++ reference manual to come from Bjarne will do
<exactly that. The size expression has been deprecated (removed) from the
<language.

Is this for real?  When will this next version of the manual be released
to the world (or at least the compiler writers)?

If this is true, it is a Good Thing.

When can we expect to see such a thing implemented in g++?

Thanks for the info,
rob collins
rjc@cs.ucla.edu

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