How to free memory used in a vector<float>

[silverburgh.meryl]

Hi,

I have a class attribute 'vector<float>'

class MyClass {
public:
virtual ~MyClass();
private:
vector<float> aVector;
};


I would like to know what do I need to do to free the memory used in
'aVector'.
I think i need to do 'clear()' to free each float in the aVector, but
do I need to anything specifically to free the vector itself.

MyClass::~MyClass() {
aVector.clear();
}

Thank you.

 

[Jerry Coffin]

Hi,

I have a class attribute 'vector<float>'

class MyClass {
public:
virtual ~MyClass();
private:
vector<float> aVector;
};


I would like to know what do I need to do to free the memory used in
'aVector'.
I think i need to do 'clear()' to free each float in the aVector, but
do I need to anything specifically to free the vector itself.

MyClass::~MyClass() {
aVector.clear();
}

As far as destroying the vector goes, you don't have to do anything --
the vector gets destroyed when the MyClass object is destroyed, and
vector's dtor releases whatever memory it's using.

 

[Markus Moll]

Hi

Why are you using 'float' instead of 'double'?

'double' is likely more efficient (or just as efficient)

That depends. E.g., Intel recommends using the smallest possible data-type
so that MMX/SSE can be used more efficiently.

Markus

 

[Juha Nieminen]

Hi


That depends. E.g., Intel recommends using the smallest possible data-type
so that MMX/SSE can be used more efficiently.

Also since 'double' takes twice as much space as 'float', some caching
and other memory issues might also kick in in some situations, making it
less efficient (especially if the vector is very large).