[ale] OT: C not C++ Question

[Chuck Huber]

On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 10:40:15PM -0500, cfowler wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 	You might look into Henry Spencer's alloca() implementation that uses
> > malloc.  The gcc alloca() allocs mem from the stack, which is reclaimed
> > automatically when the function returns from the function that uses it. 
> > Henry's alloca() uses malloc, but keeps the blocks in a linked list. 
> > Calling alloca(0) in the "top loop" of your program performs garbage
> > collection.
> > 
> >
> 
> Would it protect the programmer in this case:
> 
> String *tmp = String_new("Hello World!\r\r");
> tmp = String_new("Hello Again!\r\n");
> 
> Since tmp got a new pointer the original pointer is forever
> lost.  In Java that memory will just be reaped by GC but in C
> it is lost until exit() is called :)

Chris,  How much more work are you going to put into being lazy?

Enjoy,
    - Chuck

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