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Is there a specific area in memory called stack in C++ where automatic variables are getting stored.
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The allocation and deallocation for stack memory is automatically done. The variables allocated on the stack are called stack variables, or automatic variables.
Whenever an object is created, it's always stored in the Heap space and stack memory contains the reference to it. Stack memory only contains local primitive variables and reference variables to objects in heap space.
The static variables are stored in the data segment of the memory. The data segment is a part of the virtual address space of a program. All the static variables that do not have an explicit initialization or are initialized to zero are stored in the uninitialized data segment( also known as the BSS segment).
A stack is a special area of computer's memory which stores temporary variables created by a function. In stack, variables are declared, stored and initialized during runtime. It is a temporary storage memory.
No. The standard only mentions:
— static storage duration
— automatic storage duration
— dynamic storage duration
There is no such thing as 'stack memory' in C++. Yet it's common to say that the automatic storage duration variables are 'allocated on the stack' since it's the way it's implemented from computer science point of view. 'The heap' is another term that usually refers to dynamic storage duration but is not mentioned in the standard.
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