Go's escape analysis and why my function return worked
9 days ago
- #Memory Management
- #Escape Analysis
- #Go
- Go allows returning local variables from functions due to escape analysis.
- In C, returning a pointer to a local stack variable leads to undefined behavior.
- Go's escape analysis moves variables that escape function scope to the heap.
- A Go slice is a struct containing a pointer to an array, length, and capacity.
- The garbage collector manages heap-allocated memory in Go.
- C requires explicit heap allocation (malloc) or caller-allocated memory for similar functionality.