Hi, Thomas Maeder!
On 29 Jun 97  16:18:00 you wrote to Balog Pal
 BP> CObject * foo = new CObject;
 BP> will not compile as the only ctor is protected.
 BP> Then the question: is it legal to create an array as I did above? Th
 TM> No. Each element of a dynamically allocated array is initialized using
 TM> the default constructor; if the default constructor isn't  accessible,
 TM> you're not allowed to dynamically allocate an array.
 BP> compiles without even a warning and that protected ctor is simply ca
 TM> Look for a better compiler.
Yeah. :-((  I tried the same code with VC 5.0. It's correct. The delete now
works as needed and the above array creation generates the appropriate error.
Paul
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