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Re: [Gm2] exceptions and the heap.
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Gaius Mulley |
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Re: [Gm2] exceptions and the heap. |
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:45:01 +0000 |
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Martin Kalbfuß <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi,
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> What happens to the allocated memory when an uncaught exception halts
> the program? Do I need to catch the exception in every function which
> allocates memory, free that memory and rethrow the exception? Or is the
> memory automatically freed?
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> Thanks,
Hi Martin,
No it shouldn't be necessary - for normal programs all memory
allocated (Storage / malloc) will be deallocated when a program calls
exit (under Linux, Unix etc). Unless you are using mmap or other
persistent resource allocation,
regards,
Gaius