C++ dynamic memory allocation of a local variable
allocation, c++, dynamic, memory
Solution
You're using a non-standard compiler, that supports variable length arrays. Your professor is right, `int array[size]` shouldn't compile.
Your professor is also wrong telling you to use `p = new int[size]`. What he should do is tell you to use `std::vector<int> p(size)`. (okay, for educational purposes this is OK) :)
Problem
I had a computer science class at school and our teacher was talking about dynamic memory allocation and why ``` cin>>size; int array[size]; // According to him this should result in a compiler error ``` this shouldn't work and instead we were supposed to use: ``` int *p, size; cin>>size; p = new int[size] ... delete[] p; ``` My question is, why does the first example work if you cannot declare dynamically arrays like that? UPDATE: All tests are made in GNU GCC Compliler and the code above is inside the main function