Misplaced intentions
One of the things I like about working with C++ is that I learn something new every day. The language has some dark corners and thorny features that you might not run into under normal circumstances. Today I learned all about placement new while tracking down a nasty memory leak. Which leads me to today’s tip of the day:
If you choice to use an esoteric language feature in order to elegantly solve a difficult problem, that makes you a rockstar. If you choice to use an esoteric language feature where it is not absolutely necessary and proceed to use it incorrectly, that makes you a douchebag.
So folks, please remember to explicitly invoke the destructor for an object constructed with placement new. Simply deallocating the buffer doesn’t cut it.
Remember: only you can prevent yourself from being a douchebag.
