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--- cplusplus:pointers_4_slides [2021/10/24 02:53] – [Memory management of regular variables] mithat
+++ cplusplus:pointers_4_slides [2021/10/24 02:56] – [Memory management of dynamically allocated storage] mithat
@@ Line 109: / Line 109: @@
 void ninetynine()
 {
-    int localVar = 99;  // at end of fcn call, localVar is destroyed
+    int localVar = 99;  // localVar is destroyed at end of fcn call
     cout << localVar << endl;
 }
@@ Line 139: / Line 139: @@
 void ninetynine()
 {
-    int *localPtr = new int;
+    int *localPtr = nullptr;  // localPtr is destroyed at end of fcn call
+    localPtr = new int;       // but not dynamically allocated storage
     *localPtr = 99;