Re: Does dropping objects really free memory?

[famasce]

> It seems possible you have a memory leak.  I've got one too.  This
> happens when you drop a list without removing the members that need to
> be removed, or if you forget to drop indexes or other things you create.
> 
In my simulation I don't use any list or index object,only two arrays (whose
members can't be removed).
> I think also that if, in a zone, you use allocBlock to grab some dynamic
> memory, you have to write a drop method for that class to explicitly
> drop that block.  
I don't use it,I simply write newZone =[Zone create: [self getZone]]; is it
wrong?
>
http://www.santafe.edu/projects/swarm/archive/list-archive.9811/0113.html
> 
The link to dmalloc are broken.
I also forgot to say I'm using Swarm under Windows NT and CygWin.
I've put the source in
ftp://ftp.santafe.edu/pub/swarm/users-contrib/incoming/
in the hope that someone can help me.

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