Storage Allocation Strat

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Static Storage Allocation

• Used when size and type of stuff is known at compile time
• its fast and simple as mem locations are already decided
• not very flexible

Dynamic Storage Allocation

Stack Based Storage Allocation

• when a function is called a new block of mem called stack frame is pushed onto a stack to hold the functions local vars and other info
• Efficient memory management for function calls and mem is auto allocated and deallocated which prevent mem leaks
• can only access the memory the order it was allocated (LIFO),

Heap Based Storage Allocation

• Heap is a region of the memory that's available for dynamic memory allocation during program execution
• need to know the size of objects in runtime
• very flexible and u can allocated mem whnever u want and need it
• management of heap becomes complex and goes out of hand as it may cause mem leaks