Subject: Re: [Boost-users] polymorphic archive use and memory leak
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-02 13:02:53
AMDG
sam p wrote:
> I am using polymorphic archive in my code and I am using it as
> follows,
>
> 1 void func(std::stringstream
> &ss, boost::archive::polymorphic_oarchive *&ptr)
> 2 {
> 3 ptr = new boost::archive::polymorphic_text_oarchive(ss);
> 4 return;
> 5 }
> 6 int main()
> 7 {
> 8 std::stringstream ss;
> 9 boost::archive::polymorphic_oarchive *ptr = NULL;
> 10 func(ss, ptr);
> 11 delete ptr; //Will this delete object properly?????
> 12 }
>
> Now the question is, whether 'delete' one line no. 11 will work
> properly or not?
> And is this a right way to use polymorphic archive?
Yes. polymorphic_oarchive has a virtual destructor.
In Christ,
Steven Watanabe