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From: Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: HEAP error when trying to use free() help needed
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:17:13 +1200
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On 06/20/11 05:06 PM, none wrote:
> Thanks, everyone... sorry it took so long to reply...
>
> Here's the code I came up with:
>
>      class test {
>      public:
>
>
>          test (void) {
>              pPointer = (char *) malloc (sizeof(char));

Two things:

why are you using malloc?

sizeof(char) is one by definition.

>          }
>
>          // Copy constructor
>          test (const test&  mytest) {
>
>               pPointer = (char *) malloc (sizeof(char));
>              *pPointer = *mytest.pPointer;
>
>          }
>
>          ~test () {
>              free (pPointer);
>          }
>
>          test foo (void) {
>              test myfoo;
>              return myfoo;
>          }
>
>          // = operator overload
>          test&  operator= (const test&  mytest) {
>
>              *pPointer = *mytest.pPointer;
>
>              return *this;
>
>          }
>
>          char* pPointer;
>      };
>
> Is it correct? (if we suppose that for the purpose of this test
> pPointer will only point to a single char)

Well it won't leak or double free, but what do you really want to do?

-- 
Ian Collins