To add to what was said, one of the main ways to leak memory is `Box::leak` [0], meaning most memory leaks are explicit and intentional, rather than implicit an

To add to what was said, one of the main ways to leak memory is `Box::leak` [0], meaning most memory leaks are explicit and intentional, rather than implicit and accidental. Likely the main implicit/accidental way to leak memory are Rc cycles. Looks like https://cglab.ca/%7Eabeinges/blah/everyone-poops/ https://cglab.ca/%7Eabeinges/blah/everyone-poops/ has more background on why this is allowed. [0]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/boxed/struct.Box.html#method.leak https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/boxed/struct.Box.html#method.l...