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0 pointsGupie3mo ago0 comments

Open a file in the constructor, close it in the destructor. RAII with 0 allocations.

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dh20223mo ago

std::vector<int> allocated and freed on the stack will allocate an array for its int’s on the heap…

I've heard that MSVC does (did?) that, but if so that's an MSVC problem. gcc and clang don't do that.

WDYM? Vector is an abstraction over dynamically sized arrays so sure it does use heap to store its elements.

GupieOP3mo ago

Sure, but my point was that RAII doesn't need to involve the heap. Another example would be acquiring abd releasing a mutex.

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dh20223mo ago

std::vector<int> allocated and freed on the stack will allocate an array for its int’s on the heap…

I've heard that MSVC does (did?) that, but if so that's an MSVC problem. gcc and clang don't do that.

WDYM? Vector is an abstraction over dynamically sized arrays so sure it does use heap to store its elements.

GupieOP3mo ago

Sure, but my point was that RAII doesn't need to involve the heap. Another example would be acquiring abd releasing a mutex.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse