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Re: malloc and free mixing in VC++ and cygwin

Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> writes:
> 
> You could use these routines to free the memory but you'd end
> up with a severely corrupted heap as far as cygwin is concerned.
> Cygwin's free() command does more than (potentially) return memory
> to the system.  In fact, it usually doesn't even return memory to
> the system.  It also keeps a list of all allocated memory for reuse
> by other malloc calls.  This is a pretty standard way of doing things.

Thanks for the clarification. I missed the ramifications.

Regards,


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