Introducing Mechanisms and APIs for Memory Management : Using Windows OS Native Runtime APIs

Description

Explore and learn introductory topics about programming mechanisms for memory management available for Microsoft Windows. This book uses C++ pointers and specialized APIs such as the smart pointers of the C++ Standard Library and Microsoft UCRT functions. You’ll also see how to work with lvalue and rvalue references. Introducing Mechanisms and APIs for Memory Management begins with topics about hardware features on the Intel x86 and Intel 64 (x64/amd64) hardware architectures and memory management. After reading this book you will be able to begin work with Windows memory management APIs. What You Will LearnUnderstand concepts and hardware features for Intel x86 and Intel 64 (x64/amd64) and memory managementDiscover C++ programming language techniques and smart pointers Work with Microsoft UCRT management APIs for memory management Who This Book Is ForSoftware and cloud developers working on Microsoft Windows. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Memory Management (Roger Villela)....Pages 1-12 Development Environments, Memory Management, and Composite Type Pointers (Roger Villela)....Pages 13-33 Working with Smart Pointers: unique_ptr (Roger Villela)....Pages 35-58 Working with Smart Pointers: unique_ptr, shared_ptr, and weak_ptr (Roger Villela)....Pages 59-143 Working with Lvalue and Rvalue References (Roger Villela)....Pages 145-165 Working with Microsoft CRT/UCRT and Memory Management (Roger Villela)....Pages 167-184 Back Matter ....Pages 185-188