Question

When we are using heap operations what do we need to do to save the memory?

(a) rename the objects

(b) delete the objects after processing

(c) both rename & delete the objects

(d) add the objects

This question was posed to me in exam.

This intriguing question originated from Large Objects in portion Source Files, Classes and Operator Overloading in C++ of C++

Answer 1

Correct option is (b) delete the objects after processing

Easy explanation - When you allocate memory from the heap, you must remember to clean up objects when you’re done! Failure to do so is called a memory leak.