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hello everyone,
I am using xcode 3.2.5 on Mac OS X 10.6.6 and programming in C++.
I am just learning about dynamic memory allocation with arrays and I realize that using the code:
delete [] <arrayname>;
after using "new" to allocate memory is important for freeing up the allocated memory when finished with it but I am wondering if someone (say me) DIDN'T use the delete code and ran the program (say a bunch of times) before knowing to use delete, was the allocated memory automatically freed when my program terminated each time?
Or did I just block off a bunch of memory that now can no longer be used (until I learn someway to free it)????
Thanks everyone!
-Ben
I am using xcode 3.2.5 on Mac OS X 10.6.6 and programming in C++.
I am just learning about dynamic memory allocation with arrays and I realize that using the code:
delete [] <arrayname>;
after using "new" to allocate memory is important for freeing up the allocated memory when finished with it but I am wondering if someone (say me) DIDN'T use the delete code and ran the program (say a bunch of times) before knowing to use delete, was the allocated memory automatically freed when my program terminated each time?
Or did I just block off a bunch of memory that now can no longer be used (until I learn someway to free it)????
Thanks everyone!
-Ben
