Is it a hint to the garbage collector to do a check, starting with the object on which delete is called?

"Jeroen van Bemmel" <anonymous@somewhere.com> wrote in message news:b4amd9$25ai$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Is it a hint to the garbage collector to do a check, starting with the object on which delete is called?

No, it isn't a hint to the gc. It instructs the gc to run the destructor (if any) on the object, and then mark the object as 'free'. The gc does not do any checks. If you left any dangling pointers to it, you've got a pointer bug. As such, delete is a more advanced technique and should be used with caution.

It's in the language so people can tune their code for performance.