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From: neeri@iis.ethz.ch (Matthias Ulrich Neeracher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Correctly ending a program?
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Date: 29 Apr 91 08:34:35 GMT
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In article <042891.202915BRBOYER@MTUS5.CTS.MTU.EDU>, BRBOYER@MTUS5.CTS.MTU.EDU (Rucell) writes:
>   When a program is "Quit" out of, what happens to all memory that the
>program aloocated?  Should I close all my windows?  Should I dispose of all
>pointers and handles, or does the memory manager close out everything for me?

For applications, the memory manager handles this just fine, but usually,
I clean it up myself anyway. A good toilet training can be important for
other pieces of code for the Macintosh.

>   I have been experiencing intermittent bombing while in and out of my
>program.  What is recommended?

I doubt this comes from not doing any cleanup work. It seems more likely to
me that you didn't initialize some of the toolbox managers or made some
memory overrun error in your program.

Matthias

-- 
Matthias Neeracher                                      neeri@iis.ethz.ch
   "These days, though, you have to be pretty technical before you can 
    even aspire to crudeness." -- William Gibson, _Johnny Mnemonic_