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Asked: June 8, 20262026-06-08T00:20:42+00:00 2026-06-08T00:20:42+00:00

void foo(const char* s) { } foo(bar); Where is the memory bar deallocated? What

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  1. Where is the memory bar deallocated?
  2. What is the most comfortable and memory leak free practice to work with anonymous strings in function arguments? (I know there should be no magic strings, just curious.)
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    2026-06-08T00:20:44+00:00Added an answer on June 8, 2026 at 12:20 am

    In your example, the argument is a string literal, which has static lifetime, and is never deleted.

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