Topic: Deleting pointers more than once
Author: rfg@netcom.com (Ronald F. Guilmette)
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 09:13:01 GMT Raw View
In article <2d1ieq$i07@hpscit.sc.hp.com> bhobesm@sgp.hp.com (BHOBE Suyog Mahadeo) writes:
>What is the effect of deleting the same pointer more then once?
The current C++ standardization committee draft says (in effect) that a
conforming program must not "access" a deleted object.
Note however that the term "access" has yet to be defined.
>Is it likely to cause problems?
In current implementations, yes. Quite probably.
(Follow-ups to comp.std.c++ please.)
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