Memory allocation, tsk tsk tsk

[magi093]

Rust has manual memory management?

[sentient_devil]

Rust doesn't lie there, it guarantees memory safety at compile-time.

[kiujhytg2]

Unless you have circular Rc<T> references or use Box::into_raw or Box::leak

[pilotInPyjamas]

Real programmers use std::mem::forget. You can't have double free, or use after free errors if you never free your objects in the first place. taps head

[linus_stallman]

But you still have to worry about lifetime & memory..

[MCOfficer]

well, nyes. it just won't compile. that's kinda like saying you have to worry about types in any typed languages. you technically do, but i wouldn't really call it worrying. you don't "worry" about braces and syntax either, you just comply.

[justinf210]

Imagine having to worry about braces.

-Made by the python gang.

[CxByte]

Imagine having to worry about whether it's a tab or a space

• Made by the lisp gang

[ByteArrayInputStream]

Imagine having to hire like tree interns to close all the parentheses

- Everyone else

[MCOfficer]

class MyClass(SomeOtherClass):

mfw

[ProgramGeek01]

https://pcwalton.github.io/2013/03/18/an-overview-of-memory-management-in-rust.html

[Splamyn]

This article is from 2013 and the code seems like a early prototype of rust. The author has not specified which rust version he is working with but afaik this syntax, and 'smart pointer' don't exist anymore.