I have the following `operator delete` replacements: void operator delete[](void* p) { /* Implementation does not matter. */ } void operator delete[](void* p, std::size_t size) { /* Implementation does not matter. */ } My question is why, in the following code, GCC 6.2 calls `void operator delete[](void*)` and not the second replacement: char* str = new char[14]; delete[] str; According to 5.3.5 Delete [expr.delete]: > (10.3) If the type is complete and if, for the second alternative (delete array) only, the operand is a pointer to a class type with a non-trivial destructor or a (possibly multi-dimensional) array thereof, the function with a parameter of type std::size_t is selected. Therefore, I believe `operator delete[](void*, std::size_t)` must be called, doesn't it? Thanks.