Question

I assume that char* = 'string' is the same to char* = new char[6]. I believe these strings are created on the heap instead of the stack. So do I need to destroy them or free their memory when I’m done using them or do they get destroyed by themselves?

Answer 1

No. You only need to manually free strings when you manually allocate the memory yourself using the malloc function (in C) or the new operator (in C++). If you do not use malloc or new, then the char* or string will be created on the stack or as a compile-time constant.