I was wondering...
can you create memory leaks without using lists?
BlitzMax Forums/BlitzMax Programming/can you create memory leaks without using lists? I dont even know what that does
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I dont even know what that does
it continuously allocates 2 bytes of memory each loop cycle until you cancel the program, but since the memory is not being freed (nor assigned to anything) it is in essence a memory leak.
Ok, but I dont know how to use it anyway.
The question is more "if I dont use lists (arrays instead) and dont use "alloc", do I possibly risk memory leaks or I'm completely safe?"
The question is more "if I dont use lists (arrays instead) and dont use "alloc", do I possibly risk memory leaks or I'm completely safe?"
You're fine if the data is referenced 'normally'. I'd guess that means not by a pointer (other than Object).
IMHO opinion the most insidious source of memory leaks in BlitzMax is when you happen to create circular references. The simplest example of it being:
At least, this is documented.
Type SomeType Field bla:SomeType End Type Repeat t:SomeType = New SomeType t.bla = t FlushMem ForeverHere you get a memory leak because none of the created objects will ever be released, even though you call FlushMem continously and the objects are not referenced anymore.
At least, this is documented.