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Determing the Size of Allocated Memory Blocks

Q

How can you determine the size of an allocated portion of memory?

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A

You can't, really. free() can , but there's no way for your program to know the trick free() uses. Even if you disassemble the library and discover the trick, there�s no guarantee the trick won�t change with the next release of the compiler.

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How can you determine the size of an allocated portion of memory? You can't, really. free() can , but there's no way for your program to know the trick free() uses. Even if you disassemble the library and discover the trick, there�s no guarantee the trick won�t change with the next release of the co... 2007-02-26, 5564👍, 0💬

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