Using delete on an object without new

[Russco]

there is no way to delete something that isn't a pointer value

Well this could be what he's after, but delete on a stack based object has to be undefined behaviour I think.

class X
{
public:
operator X*()
{
returnthis;
}
};
int main()
{
X x;
delete x;
}

PS:- How comes copy/paste from my msvc9 express ruins all indentation. Ive set to use spaces instead of tabs like on all previous versions but my code never cut/pastes properly??

[cj-wijtmans]

maybe

class X
{
int* wuahaha;
public:
X()
:wuahaha(new int)
{}
operator int*()
{
return wuahaha;
}
};
int main()
{
X x;
delete x;
}

[laserlight]

Like in the typedef example demonstrated by Paul, the invocation of scalar/vector operator delete on a null pointer is guaranteed to be a logical no-op.

Ah yes, I think your idea "works" best.

Now, hopefully Gorbo can just submit this and move on to more useful things.

[Gorbo]

Ok based on what laserlight and Plasmator wrote i made something similar to the requirements so thanks everyone and especially laserlight and Plasmator

cya
For now