Advanced C++ Memory Techniques: Efficiency and Safety

by David Spuler

Advanced coding techniques for memory efficiency with pointer safety. Optimize memory access patterns with cache locality and prefetching. Avoid insidious memory pitfalls with resilient coding practices and memory debug libraries.

Table of
Part Memory Optimization Techniques
1. C++ Memory Primitives
2. Cache Locality
3. Cache Warming
4. Branch Prediction
5. Contiguous Memory Blocks
6. Pointer Arithmetic
7. Memory Pools
8. Memory Reduction Optimizations
9. False Sharing

Part Memory-Efficient Data Structures
10. Arrays
11. String Optimizations
12. Order of Insertion
13. LRU Cache Data Structure
14. Fast Ring Buffers
15. Loop Optimizations
16. Vector Algorithms
17. Tensors
18. Lookup Tables & Precomputation
19. Matrix Multiplication

Part Memory Safety Techniques
20. Memory Safety Techniques
21. DIY Memory Safety
22. Intercepting Memory Primitives
23. Smart Pointers
24. Canaries and Redzones
25. Use-After-Free
26. Array Bounds Violations
27. Poisoning Memory Blocks
28. Uninitialized Memory Safety
29. Smart Stack Buffers
30. Safe Text Buffers
31. Preventive Memory Safety
Source Code

344 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 25, 2025