Tutorial by Examples: alloc

The stackalloc keyword creates a region of memory on the stack and returns a pointer to the start of that memory. Stack allocated memory is automatically removed when the scope it was created in is exited. //Allocate 1024 bytes. This returns a pointer to the first byte. byte* ptr = stackalloc byte...

Python's str type also has a method for replacing occurences of one sub-string with another sub-string in a given string. For more demanding cases, one can use re.sub. str.replace(old, new[, count]): str.replace takes two arguments old and new containing the old sub-string which is to be replace...

from collections import Counter c = Counter(["a", "b", "c", "d", "a", "b", "a", "c", "d"]) c # Out: Counter({'a': 3, 'b': 2, 'c': 2, 'd': 2}) c["a"] # Out: 3 c[7] # not in the list (7 oc...

A a pointer to a piece of memory containing n elements may only be dereferenced if it is in the range memory and memory + (n - 1). Dereferencing a pointer outside of that range results in undefined behavior. As an example, consider the following code: int array[3]; int *beyond_array = array + 3; ...

Arrays can have the allocatable attribute: ! One dimensional allocatable array integer, dimension(:), allocatable :: foo ! Two dimensional allocatable array real, dimension(:,:), allocatable :: bar This declares the variable but does not allocate any space for it. ! We can specify the bounds...

Standard Allocation The C dynamic memory allocation functions are defined in the <stdlib.h> header. If one wishes to allocate memory space for an object dynamically, the following code can be used: int *p = malloc(10 * sizeof *p); if (p == NULL) { perror("malloc() failed");...

You may need to expand or shrink your pointer storage space after you have allocated memory to it. The void *realloc(void *ptr, size_t size) function deallocates the old object pointed to by ptr and returns a pointer to an object that has the size specified by size. ptr is the pointer to a memory b...

This option allows you to clear a TLA for references and values at TLA allocation time and pre-fetch the next chunk. When an integer, a reference, or anything else is declared, it has a default value of 0 or null (depending upon type). At the appropriate time, you will need to clear these references...

When used with -XXallocClearChunkSize, this option sets the size of the chunks to be cleared. If this flag is used but no value is specified, the default is 512 bytes. Usage: -XXallocClearChunks -XXallocClearChunkSize=<size>[k|K][m|M][g|G]

When you are copying a string into a malloced buffer, always remember to add 1 to strlen. char *dest = malloc(strlen(src)); /* WRONG */ char *dest = malloc(strlen(src) + 1); /* RIGHT */ strcpy(dest, src); This is because strlen does not include the trailing \0 in the length. If you take the ...

If realloc fails, it returns NULL. If you assign the value of the original buffer to realloc's return value, and if it returns NULL, then the original buffer (the old pointer) is lost, resulting in a memory leak. The solution is to copy into a temporary pointer, and if that temporary is not NULL, th...

PREPARE prepares a statement for execution EXECUTE executes a prepared statement DEALLOCATE PREPARE releases a prepared statement SET @s = 'SELECT SQRT(POW(?,2) + POW(?,2)) AS hypotenuse'; PREPARE stmt2 FROM @s; SET @a = 6; SET @b = 8; EXECUTE stmt2 USING @a, @b; Result: +------------+ |...

#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main (void) { int * pdata; size_t n; printf ("Enter the size of the array: "); fflush(stdout); /* Make sure the prompt gets printed to buffered stdout. */ if (1 != scanf("%zu", &n)) /* If zu is n...

The term 'heap' is a general computing term meaning an area of memory from which portions can be allocated and deallocated independently of the memory provided by the stack. In C++ the Standard refers to this area as the Free Store which is considered a more accurate term. Areas of memory allocate...

You can force deallocate objects even if their refcount isn't 0 in both Python 2 and 3. Both versions use the ctypes module to do so. WARNING: doing this will leave your Python environment unstable and prone to crashing without a traceback! Using this method could also introduce security problems ...

In many languages, new instances of a class are created using a special new keyword. In Ruby, new is also used to create instances of a class, but it isn't a keyword; instead, it's a static/class method, no different from any other static/class method. The definition is roughly this: class MyClass ...

To improve memory allocation performance, many TensorFlow users often use tcmalloc instead of the default malloc() implementation, as tcmalloc suffers less from fragmentation when allocating and deallocating large objects (such as many tensors). Some memory-intensive TensorFlow programs have been kn...

In Swift, memory management is done for you automatically using Automatic Reference Counting. (See Memory Management) Allocation is the process of reserving a spot in memory for an object, and in Swift understanding the performance of such requires some understanding of the heap and the stack. The h...

By default, some keystrokes that are useful in Vim contradict with the keystrokes of IntelliJ. For example, ^R in Vim is 'redo', but in IntelliJ it's the shortcut for Run To decide which program interprets the keystroke, go to Preferences -> Other Settings -> Vim Emulation and choose which k...

Scope guards allow executing statements at certain conditions if the current block is left. import core.stdc.stdlib; void main() { int* p = cast(int*)malloc(int.sizeof); scope(exit) free(p); }