Go Built-In Function new: Difference between revisions
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The <tt>new()</tt> built-in function takes a type as argument, allocates memory of the given type and returns a pointer to it. | The <tt>new()</tt> built-in function takes a type as argument, allocates memory of the given type and returns ''a pointer'' to it. | ||
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Revision as of 02:15, 30 March 2016
External
- Specification https://golang.org/ref/spec#Allocation
Internal
Overview
The new() built-in function takes a type as argument, allocates memory of the given type and returns a pointer to it.
var ptr *some_type ptr = new(some_type)
We don't have to worry about de-allocating memory allocated with new(). It is automatically garbage collected.