• In object-oriented programming (OOP), object lifetime is the period of time between an object's creation and its destruction. In some programming contexts...
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  • Resource acquisition is initialization (category Object-oriented programming)
    is a class invariant, and is tied to object lifetime. Resource allocation (or acquisition) is done during object creation (specifically initialization)...
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  • Mean lifetime, a certain number that characterizes the rate of reduction ("decay") of an assembly of unstable particles Object lifetime, in object-oriented...
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  • development Object lifetime – Time period between the creation and destruction of an object-oriented programming instance Object copying – Technique in object-oriented...
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  • either when its lifetime is bound to scope and the execution leaves the scope, when it is embedded in another object whose lifetime ends, or when it...
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    data races are prevented by the "borrow checker", which tracks the object lifetime of references at compile time. Rust does not enforce a programming...
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  • things like reference counting, object (and reference) instantiation policies, and object lifetime policies. The Object Adapter is used to register instances...
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  • pools significantly improve performance. Object pools complicate object lifetime, as objects obtained from and returned to a pool are not actually created...
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  • text or execution—see scope: an overview. Further, object lifetime may coincide with variable lifetime, but in many cases is not tied to it. Scope is an...
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  • Finalizer (category Object-oriented programming)
    is a method called for finalization in languages with deterministic object lifetimes, archetypically C++. These are generally exclusive: a language will...
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    Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on the concept of objects. Objects can contain data (called fields, attributes or properties)...
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  • Dispose pattern (category Object-oriented programming)
    relies on object lifetime being deterministic; however, with automatic memory management, object lifetime is not a concern of the programmer: objects are destroyed...
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  • a method that is called at the beginning of an object's lifetime to create and initialize the object, a process called construction (or instantiation)...
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  • IID_ISomeInterface, (void**)&interface_ptr); A COM object uses reference counting to manage object lifetime. An object's reference count is controlled by the clients...
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    A digital object identifier (DOI) is a persistent identifier or handle used to uniquely identify various objects, standardized by the International Organization...
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    free. Therefore, the penalty for the convenience of not annotating object lifetime manually in the source code is overhead, which can impair program performance...
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  • IUnknown (category Object-oriented programming)
    two essential features of all COM objects: object lifetime management through reference counting, and access to object functionality through other interfaces...
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  • during the object lifetime; these occur in pairs, but in practice they are often not used symmetrically (see below): Acquire/release while the object is valid...
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  • Software development life cycle Software release life cycle Object lifetime of an object in object-oriented programming Program lifecycle phases are the stages...
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  • In object-oriented programming languages with garbage collection, object resurrection occurs when an object becomes reachable (in other words, no longer...
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  • corresponding type, while static objects of class type are initialized with their default constructors. Object lifetime Finalizer Process & related Finalization...
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  • In object-oriented (OO) and functional programming, an immutable object (unchangeable object) is an object whose state cannot be modified after it is...
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  • frequently copy an object whenever the ownership and lifetime of a single shared object would be unclear. For example, inserting an object into a standard...
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  • class specifiers Variable-length array (C99 new feature) Call stack Object lifetime unless it is a nested function, which itself is defined along that...
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  • namespaces that are inextricably linked with visibility, accessibility, and object lifetime. Namespaces are heavily used in C# language. All .NET Framework classes...
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    the mean lifetime, τ {\displaystyle \tau } , (also called simply the lifetime) is the expected value of the amount of time before an object is removed...
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  • In computer science, object composition and object aggregation are closely related ways to combine objects or data types into more complex ones. In conversation...
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  • contrast to dynamically allocated objects, whose storage is allocated and deallocated in heap memory. Variable lifetime is contrasted with scope (where...
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  • In astronomy, the term compact object (or compact star) refers collectively to white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes. It could also include exotic...
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    objects are composed largely of frozen volatiles (termed "ices"), such as methane, ammonia, and water. The Kuiper belt is home to most of the objects...
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