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> That one is best replaced by std::vector<char> Foo(26).

IFF vector<char> can easily do what is needed.

Both new/new[] and delete/delete[] have their uses.  The uses just are not 
nearly as common as a new programmer might think (interesting thought - how 
about a new term "new programmer" as a pun in that the new programmer 
frequently programs with "new").

FWIW:
In normal programs I use new/new[] and delete/delete[] frequently but they 
are almost exclusively found in constructors and destructors.

In small (one-source-file main/WinMain and but a few functions 'quicky' 
programs) I usually don't use RAII at all and both new/new[] and 
delete/delete[] are used with impunity.  In those cases things are so simple 
that there is little chance of missing a delete/delete[] by mistake or by 
exception.

.  Ed

> Alan Bellingham wrote in message
> news:0scos2d8fs92eis2eo0a7j91shnaaedbrd@4ax.com...
>
>>> ...I've said this before, and I'll say it again - if I see a delete
>>> in user code, I consider it a warning sign that the code is
>>> probably unsafe...
>>
>>     std::auto_ptr<char> Foo(new char[26]);
>>
>>As the old saying goes, "all full generalizations are wrong,
>>including this one" <g>
>
> Well, I didn't add the 'new considered unsafe' too, did I *grin*
>
> That one is best replaced by std::vector<char> Foo(26).