Can i delete struct or class object ?

[fukki]

Hello!

I study about linked stacks. I practice at a basic example.

I have the following part of the code

Error_code is typedef
Node is a struct

Error_code Stack::pop()
{
	if (empty()) return underflow;

	Node *old_top = top_node;

	top_node = top_node->next;
	delete old_top;
	
	return success;
}

My question here is about
delete old_top;
Here it deletes the data member of the struct, right ?

Also about pointers i can only delete pointer when is dynamic(i use new) and not static, right ?

Thanks for the help!

[firedraco]

It deletes what the pointer is pointing to, so if what top_node was pointing to before line 5 was allocated with new, it is OK.

As for the question, yes, you only delete things that have been new'd.

[fukki]

Ah, thanks firedraco!