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To RAII or Not to RAII?

Published February 13, 2018 - 18 Comments

RAII is a central concept in C++, that consists in relying on the compiler to call destructors automatically in certain cases. Putting appropriate code in such destructors then relieves us from calling that code – the compiler does it for us. RAII is an idiomatic technique of C++, but can we use RAII for everything? […]

Smart developers use smart pointers (1/7) – Smart pointers basics

Published August 22, 2017 - 12 Comments

One thing that can rapidly clutter your C++ code and hinder its readability is memory management. Done badly, this can turn a simple logic into an inexpressive slalom of mess management, and make the code lose control over memory safety. The programming task of ensuring that all objects are correctly deleted is very low in terms […]