On Wednesday, 22 September 2021 at 18:38:34 UTC, Steven
Schveighoffer wrote:
In terms of any kind of memory management, whether it be ARC,
manual, GC, or anything else, there will always be pitfalls.
It's just that you have to get used to the pitfalls and how to
avoid them.
100% agree.
I could see a person used to GC complaining that C requires you
to free every pointer *exactly once*.
C (at compiler level) does not require this.
You can do it free()ly. ,)
With a subsequent... yes, 'shock' after you see 'double free or
corruption' message.
Tell that imaginary person this: if (p) {free(p); p = NULL},
that's all.
