Re: Array<T>::nil_rep leaks memory

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 10:18 AM, David Bateman
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Jaroslav Hajek wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> in the function Array<T>::nil_rep a static pointer to an ArrayRep is
>> declared and allocated via new. Unless I'm mistaken, such a pointer is
>> never deleted and causes a memory leak. The attached patch fixes this
>> by using a static variable instead and returning its address.
>>
>> best,
>>
>>
>
> But nil_rep is only created once per Array<t> instantiation to represent the
> empty matrix. It should only be cleared when Octave quits.. So perhaps this
> isn't such a bug issue..
>

Yeah, but it still leaks, doesn't it? Leaking memory *is* a bug, IMHO.

> D.
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