From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Freeing static vars
Date:	Thu, 05 Feb 1998 23:53:43 -0500
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Maciej Radziejewski wrote:
> 
> Perhaps it is too obvious to write, but isn't this accomplished in C++
> by defining a local scope and declaring the variables inside it?
> The variables will be destroyed upon leaving the local scope.

Yes, but such variables are automatic, not static.  Use of the term
"static" implies a variable that remains throughout the duration of the
program.  By its very definition, a static variable cannot be deleted or
freed.  However, the data it contains can be modified, so if you define
a static pointer, you could certainly free the memory it points to
(assuming, of course, that you allocated some to begin with).

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