Re: 'new'/'delete' and malloc()/free() - lclint for C++?

[Arnd Hanses]

On 25 Sep 1999 10:59:52 +0200, Lars Gullik Bj°nnes wrote:

>"Arnd Hanses" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>| {
>|      [VIP]
>|      FOO foo;
>|      FOO * p = foo;
>|      VIPfunc(p)
>|      [VIP]
>| }
>
>We should never to a thing like that. What we could/should do is:
>
>VIPFunc(FOO & r) {
> // use r
>}
>
>{ 
>       [VIP]
>       FOO foo;
>       VIPFunc(foo);
>       [VIP]
>}

Yes, this is what *must* be done in C++.

>Making a pointer out of local variables or references are error prone.

Using pointers (whether pointing to locals or globals) is always error
prone. Think of deleting/overwriting the referenced object somewhere in
the huge code base or think of subtly buggy pointer arithmetics; you
won't notice. Same thing with malloc()/new: 

        Try to redesign your work wherever possible to avoid such error
prone instruments.

Greets,

        Arnd