Memory

Vectors are one of the single most useful and most used objects in the STL. They are easy to use, and remove the burden of memory management from the user. It is possible to partially control memory usage by using functions like reserve, but nothing is provided to free up excess memory. Users have come up with ways to trim a vector by hand, but with the advent of the new C++0x and its move semantics, the classic solution of copy-swaping has become excessively expensive. This article seeks to find a better solution.

Learn about an approach to allocate small blocks of memory quickly and efficiently.

Check out this stand-alone, intelligent "increasing buffer" class. It's useful for a Win32 SDK project without using MFC.

Discover a faster and better dynamic memory allocation technique for real-time systems.

Copying constructors and assignment operators is easy—once you learn the rules, and you can learn those rules right here.

Learn to employ a small utility class that allows you to modify how objects for a given class are dynamically allocated.

A simple technique for detecting memory leaks in C without modifying your code excessively.