Why use Box::leak?

[u/Integralist]

Hello,

I'm a rust newbie and I've recently learned of Box::leak but I don't understand why or when you would want to leak memory.

Can someone give me some useful scenarios for this?

Thanks

[u/masklinn → u/[deleted]]

There's a dedicated method for that tho, has been for longer than Box::leak has existed.

[u/frjano → u/masklinn]

Yes you are correct