Re: Is malloc()ed storage freed upon program termination?

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From: Arno Eigenwillig
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 13:04

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In article <1995Sep19.061336.21215@sq.com>, Mark Brader writes:

> > Does the C standard guarantee that storage allocated by malloc() is
> > freed during program termination?
> 
> The question is meaningless.  The standard specifies what happens, or
> may happen, *during* execution of a program, not afterwards.

But it *does* specify that during termination flies are closed,
doesn't it? Wouldn't that contradict your statement?

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