Memory leaks

Question

Give examples of how memory leaks can take place with c programs?

Answer 1

Memory leaks can be took place if no allocated memory is freed. For example, malloc () & free ().It is always good practice to release the memory since it can be dangerous. It could affect the overall program and lead to very hard situation. Memory leak example occurs while a developer allocates memory, assigns it to pointer, and then assigns distinct value to the pointer without freeing the first block of memory. In this instance, overwriting the address in the pointer erases the reference to the original block of memory, making it impossible to release.