C-style string deallocation

Question

Why people do not deallocate c-style strings?

const char* string = "Whatever";

And how does it work actually, because there is no some kind of new or malloc?

There is symmetry in nature. You only deallocate what you allocated. — melpomene, Sep 18 '18 at 07:14

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 18 '18 at 07:15

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For the given string there is no memory allocation on the heap.

An array of chars "Whatever" is created in the const section. The address of this array is given to the pointer string

answered Sep 18 '18 at 07:15

Rishikesh Raje

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