C++ Singleton design pattern

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C++ Singleton design pattern

As of late, I've chanced upon an acknowledgement/execution of the Singleton configuration design for C++. It has resembled this (I have embraced it from the genuine model):

// a lot of methods are omitted here

class Singleton

{

   public:

       static Singleton getInstance( );

       ~Singleton( );

   private:

       Singleton( );

       static Singleton instance;

};

From this declaration, I can deduce that the instance field is initiated on the heap. That means there is a memory allocation. What is completely unclear for me is when exactly the memory is going to be deallocated? Or is there a bug and memory leak? It seems like there is a problem with the implementation.
My fundamental inquiry is, how would I carry out it in the correct manner?

singleton design-pattern cpp

3 years ago by vishaljlf39

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**espadacoder11** · Answer 1 · 2021-05-17T10:20:21

You could avoid memory allocation. There are many variants, all having problems in case of multithreading environment.

I prefer this kind of implementation (actually, it is not correctly said I prefer, because I avoid singletons as much as possible):



class Singleton

{

private:

   Singleton();



public:

   static Singleton& instance()

   {

      static Singleton INSTANCE;

      return INSTANCE;

   }

};

It has no dynamic memory allocation.

**kshitijrana14** · Answer 2 · 2021-05-18T11:50:48

Another non-allocating alternative: create a singleton, say of class C, as you need it:

singleton<C>()

using

template <class X>

X& singleton()

{

    static X x;

    return x;

}

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C++ Singleton design pattern

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