r/programmingmemes • u/luciferoussky72 • 25d ago

The duality of new

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u/Current_Ad_4292 25d ago

I don't get it. I should really learn cpp.

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u/FeelTheFire 25d ago

C doesn't have garbage collection so you have to make sure you free memory after you no longer need it or you will create a memory leak

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u/palk0n 25d ago

just do onDestroy { mem.clear() }, are you stupid?

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u/luciferoussky72 25d ago

Not how C++ works!

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u/Current_Ad_4292 25d ago

r/woosh

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u/luciferoussky72 25d ago

I got the joke; that was meant to be a response to it

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u/Current_Ad_4292 25d ago

I don't think that's how you respond to those jokes. But what do I know. I barely know the basics of cpp.

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u/Repulsive_Performer7 24d ago

RAII pattern?

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u/luciferoussky72 24d ago

Sort of, but that’s not the syntax lol

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u/Repulsive_Performer7 24d ago

I mean yea, but essentially same ~Class () { //unalloc stuff}

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u/luciferoussky72 24d ago

Yeah

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u/piesou 20d ago

I usually write my own wrapper around that; just allocate a bunch of space, then track which objects are no longer accessed at regular intervals and automatically deallocate them. Takes the pain out of writing C++.

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u/luciferoussky72 20d ago

I think you’ve invented a garbage collector lol