In this chapter, you will learn:
The various kinds of memory allocation, their performance characteristics, and their limitations
How to specify in Rust which memory allocation to use for an object
The difference between a reference and a Box
The Various Kinds of Allocation
To understand the Rust language, but also any other systems programming language , like the C language, it is important to understand well the various concepts of memory allocation, like static allocation, stack allocation, and heap allocation.
This chapter is entirely dedicated to such issues. In particular, we’ll see the four kinds ...
