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Subject: Memory Leaks in RPG (was: Is RPG 'DEAD")
From: David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:42:00 -0500
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Simon Coulter wrote:

D buffer S *
C EVAL buffer = %ALLOC( 16776704 );
C SETON LR

is a memory leak. The leaked or lost memory will persist until the job ends or the activation group is reclaimed.

I'm not an expert on such things ... but wouldn't the memory be recovered when the program ends since *INLR is on?

david

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