Published on: 2025-10-14 02:29:04
Managing memory in C is difficult and error prone. C++ solves this with smart pointers like std::unique_ptr and std::shared_ptr . This article demonstrates a proof-of-concept (aka stupid) smart pointer in C with very little code. Along the way we'll look at the layout of the 32-bit x86 call stack and write assembly in a C program. In C, heap memory is allocated with a call to malloc and deallocated with a call to free . It is the programmer's responsibility to free allocated memory when no long
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