Parallel routine memory leak?

yuiduan · Post by **yuiduan** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:27 pm

Hi
I begin to write parallel routine/functions with my rust c++ knowledge. By looking through this forum, I am still not sure if DS engine is handling memory deallocation. For example, if my function is returning a char*, and the DS engine does not free the memory for that pointer, how can I free from the function itself?

Any feedback will be appreciated.

Thanks.

iDomz · Post by **iDomz** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:52 am

Obviously, you cannot free it from the function you are returning from. You may be able to work-around it by handling it the way pl/sql procedures work - making your return parameter as input.

I had the same doubt but the gurus have told me to trust ds on this. Had created a string replace function to test it out and could not see any leaks even after muching thru millions of records, so I am pretty much a convert now

yuiduan · Post by **yuiduan** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:29 pm

iDomz
Thanks a lot for your reply. I tend to believe the DS engine should free the memory from the function. Your expirement enhances my believing.
Cheers

kavuri · Post by **kavuri** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:09 am

yuiduan,
if you satisfy with the answer please mark the posting as resolved.

Kavuri