From: qball1723 AT aol DOT com (QBall1723)
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Subject: Re: What does/doesn't need memory allocated?
Date: 9 Jan 1998 08:40:28 GMT
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>Nate Eldredge wrote:
>> 
>> At 05:59  12/31/1997 +1030, Richard Sim wrote:
>[...]
>> >Also, if say you allocate a structure, do you have to do a free at the end
>> >of your program, or will it be totally free'd anyway? I know that you
>> >should, but must you?
>> No. All memory is automatically freed when your program exits. This should
>> be the case on every system.
>
>Although there are those who say that it is good practice because
>you are forced to keep track of what you allocate and maybe take
>more care about memory leaks _inside_ your program. Then again,
>there are always those who are overdoing things...
>
>

I wouldn't try writting to a double_buffer I hadn't allocated first ; )


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