Am 13.03.2012 20:41, schrieb Orchid Win7 v1:

> (I'm also fuzzy on what happens when
> you try to delete a pointer - does it know what the "real" size of the
> object is, or does it use the declared type of the pointer?)

Just like free() in C, the delete operator in C++ frees whatever memory 
was originally allocated to the object, so you don't need to worry about 
/that/.

What you /should/ worry about, however, is which destructor will be 
called: Make sure to equip all of your virtual classes with a virtual 
destructor, otherwise the C++ standard guarantees for nothing.

(For non-virtual classes it is good practice to define a protected 
non-virtual destructor instead, just to be sure.)

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