Idea originally from caolan. Found using the following command: find . -name *.cxx | xargs /opt/local/bin/grep -zlP '(?m)if\s*\(\s*\w+\s*\)\s*delete\s+\w+\;' Change-Id: I3338f4e22193a6dfd6219c8c75835224a3392763
Predates sal - string functions, url manipulation, stream stuff, polygons, etc. Exact history is lost before Sept. 18th, 2000, but old source code comments show that part of the tools library dates back until at least April 1991. This directory will be removed in the near future (see fdo#39445 or fdo#63154).