Any difference between these two in c++?

Question

new char[1] and new char,essentially the same thing,hm?

Answer 1

You have to delete char[1] with delete[] according to the standard, so not quite identical.

Answer 2

The objects created are the same, the (invisible) bookkeeping used is not.

That means that you can use the chars in the same way, but you must delete them with the matching delete operator (delete versus delete[])