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n.b. std::allocate_shared takes an allocator (and stores it) so one can control allocation however one wants, one doesn't have to use the heap.

esoterik
– esoterik

2018-06-21 01:36:51 +00:00
Commented Jun 21, 2018 at 1:36
@esoterik: But since you have no idea how much memory it will allocate, you dramatically limit your options for non-heap (or heap-like) allocations.

Nicol Bolas
– Nicol Bolas

2018-06-21 01:54:40 +00:00
Commented Jun 21, 2018 at 1:54
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Personally I think the most idiomatic way to do this would be to create a Shader class which contains the GLuint and frees it in it's destructor, then you can just use a shared_ptr<Shader> if you want reference counting.

Sean Burton
– Sean Burton

2018-06-25 12:46:58 +00:00
Commented Jun 25, 2018 at 12:46

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