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by 0x457 887 days ago
No, memory leak is a very distinct definition: unused and stored, but inaccessible memory. Memory leak can be as small as a single word. In this case, it's just a memory. There is another term for this scenario, which I don't remember.

This is a case of optimization gone wrong, but nothing is leaked, and every single byte is accounted for.

The title is click bate, but article still interesting to read.