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Does “delete ptr” delete the ptr or the pointed-to-data?

April 26, 2017delete pointed-to-data PTR

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Does “delete ptr” delete the ptr or the pointed-to-data?

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The pointed-to-data. “delete” really means “delete the thing pointed to by.” The same abuse of English occurs when “free”ing the memory pointed to by a ptr in C (“free(p)” really means free_the_stuff_pointed_to_by(p)”).