Re: Freeing memory - will it be available immediately

karthikbalaguru wrote:
Generally,
If it does not return the memory immediately, then ,
- Will it not drain the memory ?
- Will it not add more load to the OS in managing it by still being
in the memory(hidden) ?
- Will it not cause problems if i allocate some memory immediately
after calling free (as it is not freed immediately).

Yes to all these.

- Why do some memory management design return the memory immediately
to the OS and some at the later stage. Is there any specific
advantage in either of these designs ?

The answer is implementation-specific and offtopic in CLC.
comp.programming might possibly be a better place.
.

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