Re: Quick question about oct files and OCTAVE_LOCAL_BUFFER

[David Bateman]

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> Hello all
>
> I am working on some code that is written in 'C' and calling this code 
> from Octave.  Within the 'C' code I am allocating memory using 
> OCTAVE_LOCAL_BUFFER. Can the group just confirm that I do not need to 
> do anything to free this memory when the function finishes?
>
> Sorry for the rather newbie question - I get a little nervous not 
> freeing memory after programming 'C/C++' for 15 years.
>
> John Tomlinson.
> Ipswich, UK

In C++ it typically uses the std::vector<T> class for allocation of the 
memory and yes in C++ when the variable goes out of scope it will be 
deleted. However, in C you can't use OCTAVE_LOCAL_BUFFER. Do you mean 
you are using C++ and not C?

D.


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