Move DeleteZero to stdalgo::delete_zero.

[user/henk/code/inspircd.git] / include / stdalgo.h

diff --git a/include/stdalgo.h b/include/stdalgo.h
index d69f50bb244afd71537ac750c54d1c1dd4980a6f..5786181323e998fc04be413573c3f076ebefeba5 100644 (file)
--- a/include/stdalgo.h
+++ b/include/stdalgo.h
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 /*
  * InspIRCd -- Internet Relay Chat Daemon
  *
- *   Copyright (C) 2014 Attila Molnar <attilamolnar@hush.com>
+ *   Copyright (C) 2018 Sadie Powell <sadie@witchery.services>
+ *   Copyright (C) 2014, 2016, 2018 Attila Molnar <attilamolnar@hush.com>
  *
  * This file is part of InspIRCd.  InspIRCd is free software: you can
  * redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
@@ -181,6 +182,17 @@ namespace stdalgo
                std::for_each(cont.begin(), cont.end(), defaultdeleter<T>());
        }
 
+       /** Deletes a object and zeroes the memory location that pointed to it.
+        * @param pr A reference to the pointer that contains the object to delete.
+        */
+       template<typename T>
+       void delete_zero(T*& pr)
+       {
+               T* p = pr;
+               pr = NULL;
+               delete p;
+       }
+
        /**
         * Remove an element from a container
         * @param cont Container to remove the element from