18.2 Common Memory Errors

• The programmer is responsible for memory management in C++
• Pointers can refer to memory in any of the four areas (above)
• Possible errors include:
  • Using a value that has not been initialized
  • Using a pointer to reference a memory location that is no longer valid (dangling pointer)
  • Forgetting to delete a dynamically allocated section of memory (memory leak)
  • Deleting a memory value that was never allocated
  • Deleting a dynamically allocated section of memory more than once

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