Reason why not to have a DELETE macro for C++

Question

Are there any good reasons (except \"macros are evil\", maybe) NOT to use the following macros ?

#define DELETE( ptr ) \\
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Answer 1

1. Macros are evil. Why not use inline templated functions?
2. You can delete null ptrs.
3. In many cases you don't need to set the ptr to null - destructors for instance.