DMD memory management

[weaselcat via Digitalmars-d]

On Sunday, 14 June 2015 at 16:37:19 UTC, bitwise wrote:
> I'm trying to mod dmd, and I'm totally confused about what's 
> goin on.
>
> -some things are allocated with 'new' and some are allocated 
> with 'mem.malloc'
> -most things don't ever seem to be freed
> -no RAII is used for cleanup
> -no clear ownership of pointers
>
> How does memory get cleaned up? Is it just assumed that the 
> process is short-lived, and that memory can just be left 
> dangling until it terminates?
>
> Thanks,
>   Bit

to answer all your questions at once:
it doesn't