Unable to delete in release build

[crimshaft]

Hi. I'm having problems deleting. I have this variable declared: char* unparsedData = new char[4];
When I delete the variable using: delete[] unparsedData; in the develper environment I have no problem doing so. But when I make a release version of the program the program crashes when I try to free the memory.

char* m_pUnparsedData = new char[4];	
while(!coordinateFile.eof())
{
    coordinateFile.read(m_pUnparsedData, 4);
    //and some other stuff
}
delete[] m_pUnparsedData;

[hanst99]

Have you tried executing exactly that code without all the other stuff to make sure the problem is with delete? It seems ok to me.

[jw6XoG1T]

same thing happened to me before. in my case what worked for me was i just restarted my IDE. save everything and try that

[Moschops]

Are you absolutely sure every time that m_pUnparsedData has the same value (i.e. is pointing to the same location in memory) when you delete it as it was when you allocated it?

The debug build is probably a lot more forgiving of you stomping all over memory than the release build, and a crash on delete (or free or release or dealloc) often indicates that you're trying to delete (or free or release or dealloc) memory that isn't yours.