• Jeroen van Bemmel (2/2) Mar 07 2003 Is it a hint to the garbage collector to do a check, starting with the
• Walter (8/10) Mar 07 2003 No, it isn't a hint to the gc. It instructs the gc to run the destructor...

"Jeroen van Bemmel" <anonymous somewhere.com> writes:

Is it a hint to the garbage collector to do a check, starting with the
object on which delete is called?

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

"Jeroen van Bemmel" <anonymous somewhere.com> wrote in message
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 Is it a hint to the garbage collector to do a check, starting with the
 object on which delete is called?

No, it isn't a hint to the gc. It instructs the gc to run the destructor (if
any) on the object, and then mark the object as 'free'. The gc does not do
any checks. If you left any dangling pointers to it, you've got a pointer
bug. As such, delete is a more advanced technique and should be used with
caution.

It's in the language so people can tune their code for performance.