Reason why not to have a DELETE macro for C++

Question

Are there any good reasons (except \"macros are evil\", maybe) NOT to use the following macros ?

#define DELETE( ptr ) \\
i         


        

Answer 1

Use boost::shared_ptr<> instead.

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_39_0/libs/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.htm

The MACRO here provides some of the functionality you are probably looking for.