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memory leak (tutorial 10)

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Started by franc82 November 09, 2006 09:28 AM

4 comments, last by franc82 17 years, 7 months ago

franc82

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November 09, 2006 09:28 AM

In the tutorial 10 () after the instruction sector1.triangle = new TRIANGLE[numtriangles]; I would like to know when that dynamic memory is freed?

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iliak

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November 09, 2006 09:42 AM

never ? :)

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franc82

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November 09, 2006 09:46 AM

so can i free that memory in order to avoid a memory leak?

franc82

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November 09, 2006 09:47 AM

so can i free that memory in order to avoid a memory leak? I have tried to free it before the return statement of the SetUpWorld function but it doesn't work any more

lc_overlord

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November 09, 2006 01:41 PM

You can't free the memory at the end of SetUpWorld because you still need the data elsewhere.
try to free the memory at the end of winMain.

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franc82

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November 09, 2006 03:13 PM

thanks for advice

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