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Dynamic memory allocation -- C++

Hi All,

My question is,

what happens if we wont delete the memory allocated using new function.Does it causes problem to memory management.

Please clear me....
Sep 12 '06 #1
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Hi,

Since the necessity of dynamic memory is usually limited to specific moments within a program, once it is no longer needed it should be freed so that the memory becomes available again for other requests of dynamic memory.

Regards,
Krishna Prasad H
Sep 12 '06 #2

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