Problem with delete[] in class destructor (with files attached!)

[Nicolas Wack]

Ok, thanks a lot for your time, that answers pretty much all of my doubts.
I guess I'll try to spank my heap manager to see if it's obeying me now 
:) !!

Nicolas.

Eljay Love-Jensen wrote:
> Hi Nicolas,
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>>why does the memory actually gets returned to the system and the heap shrinks if I use the 2nd program I sent? why does it get returned to the system when I use these 2 programs? (files attached)
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> You are at the mercy of the heap manager.
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> That behavior can vary from platform-to-platform.
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>>is there a way for a program to yield to the system the free memory it has in the heap? (or for the system to reclaim it?)
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> Only if the heap manager provides a mechanism for your program to interact act with.  (Any such mechanism would be non-standard.)
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> The general answers to the questions are:  no, and no.  You are at the mercy of the heap manager.
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> HTH,
> --Eljay
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