Dynamic Memory Allocation

• Ensure memory allocated with malloc is always freed
• Pointers do NOT have to initialized with malloced memory
• When objects are shared memory is often managed with a use count and a garbage collector
• alloca is sometimes used to allocate dynamic data on the stack (non-portable)
• Structures with a variable-sized array element are sometimes allocated in a single block

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