Subj : Memory Pointers and Free
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Alistair
Date : Sun Jul 25 2004 12:56 am

If I have a structure e.g.

struct s_a
{
    char *somedata;
};

I then do the following :

s_a *a = malloc(sizeof(s_a));

a->somedata = malloc(512);

free(a);

what happens to a->somedata, is that freed too? Or because it holds a
different memory address it isnt free and its left hanging? (memory leak!?)

Cheers

Al

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