Category: stack

Returning stack data in C; Does it unallocate correctly?

Post author By user user
Post date August 29, 2021
Categories In allocation, c++, release, stack
9 Comments on Returning stack data in C; Does it unallocate correctly?

I was reviewing a friend’s code and got into an interesting debate on how C/C++ allocates memory on the stack and manages its release. If I were to create an array of 10 objects in a function, but return said array, does it release when the function pops (hence making the given data invalid) or […]

Stack corruption in C++

Post author By user user
Post date August 29, 2021
Categories In c++, corruption, stack
7 Comments on Stack corruption in C++

In C++, in which way the stack may get corrupted. One way I guess is to overwriting the stack variables by accessing an array beyond its boundaries. Is there any other way that it can get corrupted?