From: "Chaos" <chengin AT alpha DOT net DOT pl>
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Subject: Re: freeing memory and exiting (safely)
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 15:39:23 +0100
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>> My question is that if the prog reaches that "return 1" (synonim for
error)
>> does those buffers will be safely deallocated?
>
>Yes. If not, it's a bug in your operating system, and there's nothing
>you can do about _that_ (other than using a better OS).
>
>> just want to exit safe from the program and deallocate it's memory
without
>> blocking it in later use.
>
>Just terminate with 'exit(1);', and that's it.

Hmm. I read that exit(X) DOES NOT do anything to memory. In info (as well as
in Borland 3.1 help) there is that exit() sends exit code to OS, closes any
stream and finaly terminates program. And what about memory? That's where my
doubts was coming from.

But since OS is worring about safelly destroy my allocated memory I can
sleep safely ;-)
Thnx for answering.
>
>--
>Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
>Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

Take care.
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