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this post was submitted on 09 May 2026
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A "true" memory leak isn't just memory that is never freed, it's memory that CAN'T be freed. Usually because the handle / pointer to it was thrown away.
The distinction isn't really all the important though, it all looks the same as far as how the program functions.