stbenge <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> I don't find it too difficult to delete every "new".

  You would be surprised.

  There's a potential memory leak here:

void foo()
{
    char* s = new char[100];
    bar();
    delete[] s;
}

  There's a potential memory leak here:

class A
{
    char* s;

 public:
    A(): s(new char[100]) {}
    ~A() { delete[] s; }
};

  Naturally both of these leaks can be fixed by using cleaner code:

void foo()
{
    std::string s(100, ' ');
    bar();
}

class A
{
    std::string s;

 public:
    A(): s(100, ' ') {}
};

  No 'new' -> no leaks.

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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