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* Objects have a single owner at once
* Objects have a single owner at once
* When owner goes out of scope, value is dropped
* When owner goes out of scope, value is dropped (with <code>drop()</code>)
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Revision as of 15:35, 7 February 2023

Rust uses ownership semantics for memory management.

Documentation

official tutorial https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/ch04-00-understanding-ownership.html

General

Stack

The stack is

  • a LIFO
  • push=add, pop=remove (from the top)
  • only supports fixed-size datatypes
  • fast

Heap

  • access provided through pointers (a fixed-size, usable on stack)
  • slower

Ownership

  • Objects have a single owner at once
  • When owner goes out of scope, value is dropped (with drop())