How does memory get allocated in XP

[bulgakov]

All,
I am interested in monitoring how much memory
my app is using (it looks like it may be leaking
I am using bounds checker to search for the leaks),
but on the live system I can monitor the
physical memory available in the task manager,
but how and when does the app hand back the memory
to the operating system ?

For example if the process grows due to memory being
new'ed, then when it is deleted when does it go back
to the operating system, when the app closes or at
scheduled intervals ?

Any info greatly appreciated.

Marcus

 

[javaguy1]

according to my book, as soon as the delete statement is executed.