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Does delete p delete the pointer p, or the pointed-to-data *p?

April 26, 2017delete pointed-to-data pointer

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Does delete p delete the pointer p, or the pointed-to-data *p?

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The pointed-to-data. The keyword should really be delete_the_thing_pointed_to_by. The same abuse of English occurs when freeing the memory pointed to by a pointer in C: free(p) really means free_the_stuff_pointed_to_by(p).