cplusplus:pointers_4_slides
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===== Dynamic memory allocation ===== | ===== Dynamic memory allocation ===== | ||
* **Dynamic memory allocation** allows you to reserve blocks of computer memory at // | * **Dynamic memory allocation** allows you to reserve blocks of computer memory at // | ||
- | * Typically used without associating a variable name with it. | + | * Typically used with pointers. |
===== The new operator ===== | ===== The new operator ===== | ||
- | * '' | + | * '' |
+ | * reserves a block of memory to hold the specified %%< | ||
+ | * returns the base address of that block. | ||
+ | * optional parenthesis around ''< | ||
<code cpp> | <code cpp> | ||
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</ | </ | ||
- | * '' | + | * '' |
===== Example ===== | ===== Example ===== | ||
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void ninetynine() | void ninetynine() | ||
{ | { | ||
- | int localVar = 99; | + | int localVar = 99; // localVar is destroyed at end of fcn call |
cout << localVar << endl; | cout << localVar << endl; | ||
} | } | ||
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void ninetynine() | void ninetynine() | ||
{ | { | ||
- | int *localPtr = new int; | + | int *localPtr = nullptr; |
+ | | ||
*localPtr = 99; | *localPtr = 99; | ||
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* Memory leaks, no matter how small, are bad programming practice. | * Memory leaks, no matter how small, are bad programming practice. | ||
* Can be fixed by the proper use of **deallocation**: | * Can be fixed by the proper use of **deallocation**: | ||
- | * Deallocation of dynamically allocated storage does not happen automatically. | + | |
* You must explicitly (i.e., manually) deallocate the memory. | * You must explicitly (i.e., manually) deallocate the memory. | ||
cplusplus/pointers_4_slides.txt · Last modified: 2021/10/24 03:02 by mithat