Does delete on a pointer to a subclass call the base class destructor?

Question

I have an class A which uses a heap memory allocation for one of its fields. Class A is instantiated and stored as a pointer field in another class (clas

Answer 1

When you call delete on a pointer allocated by new, the destructor of the object pointed to will be called.

A * p = new A;

delete p;    // A:~A() called for you on obkect pointed to by p