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"James M. Curran" <72261.655@CompuServe.COM> writes:

>|>    a::a()
>|>    {
>|>        mBuffer1 = new char[ 1000 ] ;
>|>        try
>|>        {
>|>            mBuffer2 = new char[ 1000 ] ;
>|>        }
>|>        catch (...)
>|>        {
>|>            delete mBuffer2 ;
>|>        }
>|>    }
>
>That last bit should be "delete mBuffer1;", shouldn't it?  

Closer, but still not quite right.  It should use the array delete
syntax, and after deleting mBuffer1, it should rethrow the exception:

        catch (...)
        {
            delete [] mBuffer1;
	    throw;
        }

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