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We don't have to worry about de-allocating memory allocated with <tt>new()</tt>. It is automatically garbage collected. | We don't have to worry about de-allocating memory allocated with <tt>new()</tt>. It is automatically [[Go_Concepts_-_Memory_Model#Garbage_Collection|garbage collected]]. |
Revision as of 01:28, 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.