#shared_ptr — Public Fediverse posts

I wonder if it'd work to add a guaranteed non-null pointer to C++ like this:

https://gist.github.com/uliwitness/931873c0b2edaa537b905418a024be04

#CPlusPlus #optionals #shared_ptr

Update: The gist is now fully compiling code.

TIL that std::shared_ptr has a custom "deleter" function you can set for actually deleting the memory. Seems to make for a pretty nice way to create a memory buffer manager. I need to shuffle a lot of smallish buffers and allocating/freeing memory all the time is not particularly efficient, especially not when time is essential. I guess this is nothing new to the veterans out there, but it'll make my life easier.

#cpp #std #shared_ptr