Hello all,
I have made a class into a singleton by having a static get() method which
returns a pointer to the one-and-only instance. This method creates the
instance on the heap if it hasn't already done so in a prior call.
Constructors are private so that the class may not be instaniated from
outside. As I understand it, this is the standard approach and is nothing
new.
I have no need to ever destroy this singleton and re-create a new one in
it's place, so I have not provided a method for destruction.
My question is: Where in my code, if ever, should the singleton be
deallocated? Is it standard practice to just ignore this memory, or would
it really be more proper to find some way to deallocate it manually upon
app. exit?
Thanks,
Dave 4 4172
"Dave" <be***********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:10*************@news.supernews.com... Hello all,
I have made a class into a singleton by having a static get() method which returns a pointer to the one-and-only instance. This method creates the instance on the heap if it hasn't already done so in a prior call. Constructors are private so that the class may not be instaniated from outside. As I understand it, this is the standard approach and is nothing new.
There is another approach, declare the object as static within the get
method. This ensures that it will be destructed on exit.
class X
{
static X& get()
{
static X the_x;
return the_x;
}
}; I have no need to ever destroy this singleton and re-create a new one in it's place, so I have not provided a method for destruction.
My question is: Where in my code, if ever, should the singleton be deallocated? Is it standard practice to just ignore this memory, or would it really be more proper to find some way to deallocate it manually upon app. exit?
Depends on how good your OS is on reclaiming resources from exited
applications. I don't think operating systems have much problem with memory,
that will automatically be reclaimed. Other resources, well I think you have
to consult your documentation.
The best discussion I know of singletons and the policies you can adopt for
them is in Andrei Alexandrescu's book Modern C++ Design. You can get the
code if not the book online, google for loki library.
john Thanks, Dave
"Dave" <be***********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:10*************@news.supernews.com... Hello all,
I have made a class into a singleton by having a static get() method which returns a pointer to the one-and-only instance. This method creates the instance on the heap if it hasn't already done so in a prior call. Constructors are private so that the class may not be instaniated from outside. As I understand it, this is the standard approach and is nothing new.
There is another approach, declare the object as static within the get
method. This ensures that it will be destructed on exit.
class X
{
static X& get()
{
static X the_x;
return the_x;
}
}; I have no need to ever destroy this singleton and re-create a new one in it's place, so I have not provided a method for destruction.
My question is: Where in my code, if ever, should the singleton be deallocated? Is it standard practice to just ignore this memory, or would it really be more proper to find some way to deallocate it manually upon app. exit?
Depends on how good your OS is on reclaiming resources from exited
applications. I don't think operating systems have much problem with memory,
that will automatically be reclaimed. Other resources, well I think you have
to consult your documentation.
The best discussion I know of singletons and the policies you can adopt for
them is in Andrei Alexandrescu's book Modern C++ Design. You can get the
code if not the book online, google for loki library.
john Thanks, Dave
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 19:30:52 +0100 in comp.lang.c++, "John Harrison"
<jo*************@hotmail.com> wrote, There is another approach, declare the object as static within the get method. This ensures that it will be destructed on exit.
And if something requires that the object be allocated with new, that's
a case where a static std::auto_ptr<t> can do the job.
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 19:30:52 +0100 in comp.lang.c++, "John Harrison"
<jo*************@hotmail.com> wrote, There is another approach, declare the object as static within the get method. This ensures that it will be destructed on exit.
And if something requires that the object be allocated with new, that's
a case where a static std::auto_ptr<t> can do the job. This thread has been closed and replies have been disabled. Please start a new discussion. Similar topics |
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