Rust Devs Think We're Hopeless; Let's Prove Them Wrong (With C++ Memory Leaks)
a year ago
- #Memory Leaks
- #Debugging
- #C++
- Rust developers view C++ programmers as prone to memory leaks and undefined behavior.
- The article demonstrates intentional memory leaks in C++ as a way to challenge Rust's safety assumptions.
- Includes a C++ code example that generates passwords and intentionally leaks memory.
- Explains how to use Microsoft's debug heap tools (_CrtDumpMemoryLeaks, _CrtSetDbgFlag) to track memory leaks.
- Provides both a simple explanation (ELI5) and a technical breakdown of memory leak tracking in C++.