Talk:Stack-based memory allocation
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[edit] Poor wording
The article says:
Another disadvantage is that the memory stored on the stack must be deallocated when the function that created it returns, so that other functions that want to make use of it beyond its lifetime must copy the data
The bug is that
- "must be deallocated" implies that there is some action on behalf of the programmer
- the function being called, not the other function, must copy the data
Maybe: Another disadvantage is that the memory stored on the stack is automatically deallocated when the function that created it returns, and thus the function must copy the data if they should be available to other parts of the program after it returns.
If nobody has objections, I will make the change at 2007-04-14. Alexander Patrakov 13:48, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
