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SLAB★ 388▼ 0.14 commits/day, 40 wkRUST · 2023
An arena allocator with checked handles
Generation-checked handles catch use-after-free in debug and cost nothing in release.
COMMIT RATE · 40 WEEKS · SLAB
3.1xfaster than Box in the hot loop
0unsafe blocks exposed
no_stdruns on embedded
README.md · CASE STUDY
Generation-checked handles catch use-after-free in debug and cost nothing in release.
Generation-checked handles catch use-after-free in debug and cost nothing in release.
A game server allocated and freed millions of small objects per second. slab-arena hands out handles with a generation counter, so a stale handle is caught in debug builds and compiles away in release.
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