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From: Tom H. <to...@co...> - 2005-08-10 06:25:07
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In message <20050810004040.GC3557@white>
Bob Rossi <bo...@br...> wrote:
> What does the below mean?
> 12882 (398 direct, 12484 indirect) bytes in 38 blocks are definitely
> lost in loss record 33
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> I do understand what a memory leak is, however, what is a direct vs
> indirect memory leak?
A direct leak is a block which has no pointers to it. An indirect
leak is a block which is only referenced by other leaked blocks.
Tom
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