Bizarre way to 'new' arrays

[Gregor Richards]

Lionello Lunesu wrote:
>> int* i = (new int[5]).ptr;
> 
> 
> No, he wants to allocate 1 int and initialize it to 5.. Exactly what the 
> code would do in C++:
> 
> // allocate 1 int and initialize it to 5
> int* i = int(5);
> 
> (I found this out when I had to hunt a bug once and it turned out 
> somebody had used (5) instead of [5] )
> 
> L.

Oh, sorry, misunderstood :)

  - Gregor Richards