Allocation Expressions

Allocation expressions are used to allocation and deallocate objects.

• new type-name
• delete object-variable-name

Fast Facts

Facts about allocation expressions are as follows:

• You can only allocate object data types, not base data types.

Examples

Several examples are provided below.

• The following example illustrates node allocation:

  			
  // Allocate a node and add it to the model:
  
  Camera camera = new Camera;
  camera.Name = "Camera";
  Model.AddNode( camera, Model, -1 );
  
  

• The following example illustrates Vec allocation.

  			
  // Allocate two Vec objects, perform some processing on them, then delete them:
  
  Vec min = new Vec;
  Vec max = new Vec;
  
  min.X = 10;
  max.X = 30;
  
  // Do something useful with the Vec objects...
  
  // Delete the objects when finished.
  
  delete min;
  delete max;