Re: [Boost-users] serialization gives memory leaks due to throwingconstructors

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-04 10:48:59

"Robert Ramey" <ramey_at_[hidden]> writes:

> This is not to say that I know for a fact that that an
> exception thrown during construction can in fact create
> a memory leak.  To be honest, I never considered that when
> I wrote the code so it might be possible.  I would have
> to look into it.

It's almost impossible to make a mistake with that if you follow Peter
Dimov's advice that every newly allocated resource be immediately
managed by a _named_ resource manager object.

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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