(C++) Garbage collection

February 24, 2017 · View on GitHub

 

 

 

 

 

(C++) Garbage collection

 

Garbage collection is the cleanup of released resources, which is (by default) absent in C++.

 

 

 

 

 

Advice

 

  • Prefer smart pointers to garbage collection [1]

 

 

 

 

References

 

  1. Bjarne Stroustrup. A tour of C++. 2014. ISBN: 978-0-321-958310. Chapter 11.7.9, page 131: 'Prefer smart pointers to garbage collection'

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

  1. 1Advice
  2. 2References