Array<T>::nil_rep leaks memory

David Bateman David.Bateman at motorola.com
Fri Sep 19 03:18:12 CDT 2008


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..

D.


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