Works in c but gives error in C++ -

the below code give no compilation error when used c file , gives error when used cpp file.

#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h>    int *delete(int a,int b) {     int *p;     p=&a;     return p; }   int main() {     return(0); } 

error in c++ file:

• syntax error
• expected unqualified id before delete
• expected initializer before delete

in c++, "delete" keyword(operator) used free dynamically allocated memory. cannot used name user defined functions.