Memory Leak!!!
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Hi All, Say if i'm allocating memory using 'new' operator. Without deleting the alloacated memory, my application exits. Now is it a memory leak??:confused: I hope its not.. comments please ..
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Parthi_Appu wrote:
Say if i'm allocating memory using 'new' operator. Without deleting the alloacated memory, my application exits.
It is a memory leak. Every
newshould be followed by adeleteand everynew []should be followed bydelete [].Parthi_Appu wrote:
I hope its not.. comments please ..
If only... :rolleyes:
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Hi All, Say if i'm allocating memory using 'new' operator. Without deleting the alloacated memory, my application exits. Now is it a memory leak??:confused: I hope its not.. comments please ..
Do your Duty and Don't expect the Result
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_AnShUmAn_ wrote:
Here[^]is an article that would clear most of your doubts on memory leak.
In general, but nothing specific to Windows.
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Hi All, Say if i'm allocating memory using 'new' operator. Without deleting the alloacated memory, my application exits. Now is it a memory leak??:confused: I hope its not.. comments please ..
Do your Duty and Don't expect the Result
Parthi_Appu wrote:
Now is it a memory leak??:confused:
yes.. try running bound checker or run you application in debug mode!
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_AnShUmAn_ wrote:
Here[^]is an article that would clear most of your doubts on memory leak.
he he he .. making use of google :) .. you are great programmer!:)
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_AnShUmAn_ wrote:
Here[^]is an article that would clear most of your doubts on memory leak.
he he he .. making use of google :) .. you are great programmer!:)
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ThatsAlok wrote:
making use of google
It's my say that I don't know it, I find it, and then learn it. How do you opine on this. Is it good or bad?
Somethings seem HARD to do, until we know how to do them. ;-)_AnShUmAn_
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ThatsAlok wrote:
making use of google
It's my say that I don't know it, I find it, and then learn it. How do you opine on this. Is it good or bad?
Somethings seem HARD to do, until we know how to do them. ;-)_AnShUmAn_
_AnShUmAn_ wrote:
It's my say that I don't know it, I find it, and then learn it. How do you opine on this. Is it good or bad?
no doubt WikiPedia Article is nice... plus Google is only weapon apart from programming site programmer can have :)
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it is. sometimes, the operating system can clean the memory you forgot the free, but sometimes, it won't... thus the memory leak.
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Unaltered new operators will never leak memory after the application exits. Maybe if you've overriden a new operator to allocate shared memory or something similar.
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Hi All, Say if i'm allocating memory using 'new' operator. Without deleting the alloacated memory, my application exits. Now is it a memory leak??:confused: I hope its not.. comments please ..
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Technically, it's a memory leak. Practically, it isn't. All memory allocated on the heap in a process is automatically returned when the process is terminated. A "real" memory leak's characteristics is one that grows with time, which will eventually starve the system of free memory. Assuming of course that the memory allocated isn't used after a certain point. If the app really uses and needs the memory, it doesn't qualify as a memory leak. It could mean that the application is poorly designed. If you for instance make one allocation in the application, and you don't free it, it's not a memory leak. If you continously make memory allocations in the application, without freeing them when you no longer require the memory, then you've got yourself a very real memory leak.
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Technically, it's a memory leak. Practically, it isn't. All memory allocated on the heap in a process is automatically returned when the process is terminated. A "real" memory leak's characteristics is one that grows with time, which will eventually starve the system of free memory. Assuming of course that the memory allocated isn't used after a certain point. If the app really uses and needs the memory, it doesn't qualify as a memory leak. It could mean that the application is poorly designed. If you for instance make one allocation in the application, and you don't free it, it's not a memory leak. If you continously make memory allocations in the application, without freeing them when you no longer require the memory, then you've got yourself a very real memory leak.
-- For proper viewing, take red pill now
Hi Jörgen, Thanx for your reply, I want to know if the memories are reclamied or not, while the application quits. Your post helped me lot. Thanx once again..
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