Re: How does "new" work in a loop?

"Matt" <matttelles@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


So what is happening here? Is the memory being reused, or am I piling
up objects on the heap that will only go away when my program ends, or
am I creating a huge memory leak?

Unlikely that you are creating a memory leak. C# uses garbage
collection. When the object goes out of scope (in your case, the }
marked // for int i) the object is destroyed. The next time through
the loop, a new one is created.

It isn't freed immediately on every loop, or when it goes out of scope,
unless it's a value type (struct in C#). The GC kicks in on an as-needed
basis: memory pressure, repeated allocations, etc. That's one thing, and
is easy.

The other half of the story is resources. The GC isn't a resource
manager, so you shouldn't rely on it to manage things like file handles,
since it won't release them in a timely manner. That's why it's
important to use "using" with FileStream and other classes which
implement IDispose.

-- Barry

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