Free The Memory That You Use

This tip submitted by Udhaya Kumar.D on 2005-09-07 02:09:27. It has been viewed 62071 times.
Rating of 5.7 with 303 votes

Clean up memory spaces that are no longer used.

function_t(int val)
{
char *msg = new char[30];

if(val == VALID)
{
//do processing....
}
else
{
//don't just return.clean the memory that was alloted.
delete [] msg;
return false;
}
}

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