Re: Freeing memory in #pragma exit

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From: Derick J.R. Qua-Gonzalez
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1995 07:32

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wcw@wolfe.net (William White) writes:

>	Is it better to free all allocated memory from new &
>malloc()...  by freeing it with a #pragma exit function, or a regular
>function just before exit() is called?  Using the #pragma exit way,
>I've been getting some lockup in my program... :(


The #pragma is inherently non-portable. The OS should free all of the
memory you malloc'd or new'd, although it is wise to be more careful
with memory management if the program is to have long termporal
existence.

// DQG.


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