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--- cplusplus:pointers_4 [2017/03/20 03:38] – [Deallocation] mithat
+++ cplusplus:pointers_4 [2019/03/31 21:45] – mithat
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-''foo'' now points to a ''double'' that is //not// a variable.
+''foo'' now points to a ''double'' that is //not// associated with a variable identifier.
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 ==== heap vs. stack ====
-Up to now, we may have given the impression that local variables and dynamically allocated storage are both allocated memory from the same amorphous pool of RAM. This is not the case. The **stack** is a pool of memory whose allocation and deallocation is automatically managed. Local variables (and global ones too) are allocated from the stack. The **heap** is a pool of memory whose allocation and deallocation is explicitly (i.e., manually) managed. Dynamically allocated memory are allocated from the heap.
+Up to now, we may have given the impression that local variables and dynamically allocated storage are both allocated memory from the same pool of RAM. This is not the case. The **stack** is a pool of memory whose allocation and deallocation is automatically managed. Local variables (and global ones too) are allocated from the stack. The **heap** is a pool of memory whose allocation and deallocation is explicitly managed. Dynamically allocated storage is allocated from the heap.
 A more detailed discussion of the heap versus the stack, while important, is beyond the scope of the present discussion. But it is important to know that there are two different memory pools that C++ programs draw from.