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Small Memory Allocation—Part 2By Radu Braniste Introduction Last time [1], the reader was introduced to the memory fragmentation problem in the more general perspective of the small memory allocation subject. Now, well shift our focus to memory deallocation and memory exhaustion, presenting useful techniques such as smart pointers [2, 3, 5]. Examples of POD and non-POD smart pointers are enclosed. Memory Exhaustion Because memory is a scarce resource in BREW, you can easily end up in situations when an allocation fails, despite all attempts to deal with MEMORY FRAGMENTATION [1]. Whats the bes