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`new` and `delete` have been banned outside of deep library code in every industrial C++ codebase I've ever worked on.

• pjmlp 6y ago
  How industrial do you consider Android? https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/refs/heads/master/cmds/statsd/src/external/StatsPullerManager.cpp https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/...
  • darkmx0z 6y ago
    did you check the header of that cpp? they are storing it in a shared_ptr: shared_ptr = referenced counted pointer = RAII they should have used make_shared, but it is still safe
    • pjmlp 6y ago
      Which isn't exception safe, as any good C++ developer would know.
  • msla 6y ago
    "Google Does Bad Thing" is not quite equivalent to "C++ Is Bad Language"
    • pjmlp 6y ago
      Indeed, it is even one of my favourite languages, but contradicts the OP's point of every industry C++ codebase has banned new and delete.
  • int_19h 6y ago
    The Google C++ style guide alone is sufficient evidence to conclude that Google doesn't know how to do C++ properly.
    • pjmlp 6y ago
      Yet they are one of the major contributors to ISO C++ and LLVM, what gives?
      • int_19h 6y ago
        It just means that they still derive value from C++. But I, for one, am very glad that they're not a dominant force in the ISO standard committee.
  • ncmncm 6y ago
    In a word, not.
• todd8 6y ago
  I don’t have first hand experience in the world of game programming, but I’ve heard that smart pointers aren’t used and old fashioned new and delete are standard practice. (Please correct me if I’m wrong, I’m curious if what I’ve heard about game development is really true.)