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From: Simon Wright <simon.j.wright@amsjv.com>
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Subject: Re: dynamic multithreading
Date: 18 Nov 2002 16:21:36 +0000
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Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz@iks-jena.de> writes:

> * Pascal Obry wrote:
> > !!!!! How is this possible ? A "new" without a "Free" and you claim no memory
> > leak !!!!!
> 
> Simple. The access variable has a local scope and all objects associated
> with it are automatically freed when the type goes out of scope. You may
> limit the pool size of this access type ...

If you look at the code in question you will see that the type is not
local (to the loop). It is local to the given subprogram, but the loop
is endless in the subprogram.

I agree that on a modern hosted OS like Linux or Windows, when you
terminate the main program the memory it has allocated will be
restored. But that will not do you much good if your os is eg VxWorks.