Re: Memory Leaks and fixing them

[Robert Brady <rwb197 ecs soton ac uk>]

On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, James Green wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> With many of the gnome release patches claiming memory leak fixes, it
> seems reasonable to ask if by closing an app (or X entirely to close X,
> Gnome and the WM) you also release any lost memory that leaked during
> execution of that app, or to put it simply:
> 
> ...Does closing a app release any memory leaked by that app?

Yes. This is one of the functions of the operating system : to deallocate
memory allocated to a process when the process dies.

-- 
Robert