Which memory areas are managed by the garbage collector in an automatic memory cleanup system?

In the automatic memory cleanup system used in Flutter (Dart VM), the garbage collector manages the dynamic memory area where objects created during program execution are stored. This includes:

• Heap: the main area where objects and data that are created dynamically are stored.
• Stack area: usually not managed by the garbage collector, as it contains local variables and is automatically managed during function calls.

The garbage collector tracks objects in the heap, determines which ones are no longer used (not reachable from root references), and frees memory to prevent leaks.

Example: if you create an object in Dart, for example:

var list = [1, 2, 3];

This list is placed in the heap, and the garbage collector will free the memory when it is no longer referenced.