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From: Jano <notelacreas@porfavor.no>
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Subject: Re: memory management and productivity
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:27:23 +0200
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Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen wrote:

>>IIRC, in C++ you must destroy (delete?) the object to get the
>>destructor called. So, even if you have a carefully built chain of
>>destructors, if at some point you forget to destroy the root, you're
>>leaking.
> 
> 
> Yes, *IF* it has been allocated with new.

That's what I wasn't sure about. In java you're forced (right this 
time?) but in C++ I wasn't sure.

But as others have noted, indefinite types and containers for them are a 
blessing.