Tag: memory safety

6 posts

Jul 26, 2026 15 min read Intermediate

C++26 Is Finalized: Reflection, Contracts, std::execution and Other Key Changes

What C++26 adds: static reflection, Contracts, erroneous behavior for uninitialized reads, standard library hardening, and std::execution, with code examples, the compiler situation as of September 2026, and what existing projects can do now.
Jul 1, 2026 22 min read Intermediate

Rust Ownership | Ownership, Borrowing, and Lifetimes

Deep dive into Rust ownership: move and copy, functions and ownership, references, slices, lifetime annotations, and patterns compared to C++, with runnable examples.
Jun 17, 2026 14 min read Advanced

C++ and Rust Interop: extern "C", cxx vs bindgen, Ownership and Panics at the FFI Boundary

Calling Rust from C++ and back: the extern "C" boundary, bindgen/cbindgen vs cxx, who frees memory, panics that abort, CString vs std::string, link order.
Jun 17, 2026 20 min read Intermediate

Rust Memory Safety: Ownership, Borrowing, Lifetimes, unsafe

How Rust prevents use-after-free and data races at compile time: move semantics, borrow checker rules, lifetime annotations, and safe unsafe boundaries.
Jun 16, 2026 18 min read Intermediate

C++ Runtime Checking: AddressSanitizer and ThreadSanitizer

Catch use-after-free, overflows, leaks and data races with ASan and TSan: compiler flags, reading reports, CMake presets, GitHub Actions and suppressions.
May 29, 2026 10 min read Beginner

C++ Array vs vector: Performance, Safety, and When to Use

C arrays, std::array, and std::vector compared: where the memory lives, pointer decay, bounds checks, copy semantics, and where the real performance cost is.