How does this skill help prevent memory leaks?

It implements Resource Acquisition Is Initialization (RAII) and smart pointer patterns that ensure resources are automatically released when they go out of scope.

Can I use this for legacy C projects that don't support modern features?

Yes, it includes specialized C patterns like 'goto cleanup', opaque pointers, and GCC/Clang cleanup attributes for safer manual memory management.

Which programming languages does this skill support?

This skill provides specific memory safety patterns and implementation guides for Rust, C++, and C.

Does this skill provide guidance for multithreaded programming?

Yes, it includes patterns for preventing data races using atomic operations, mutexes, and thread-safe shared ownership like Arc in Rust.

Does it help with buffer overflow protection?

Yes, it provides patterns for bounds checking and recommends the use of safe containers like std::vector or Rust slices over raw arrays.

Memory Safety Patterns

Name: Memory Safety Patterns
Author: EngineerWithAI

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Security & Testing

Implements and optimizes memory-safe programming patterns across Rust, C++, and C to eliminate leaks and memory-related vulnerabilities.

About

This skill provides Claude with advanced expertise in low-level systems programming, focusing on modern memory management techniques. It enables the AI to guide developers through implementing Resource Acquisition Is Initialization (RAII), ownership models, smart pointer usage, and manual memory safety guards. By providing cross-language patterns and best practices, it helps prevent common bugs like use-after-free, double-free, and buffer overflows, ensuring high-performance code remains robust and secure across varied development environments.

Key Features

Memory bug prevention including buffer overflows, use-after-free, and leaks
Ownership and lifetime tracking patterns for Rust and C++
Safe resource management for files, sockets, and memory in C
0 GitHub stars
Cross-language RAII implementation for C++ and Rust
Smart pointer selection and optimization (unique_ptr, shared_ptr, Arc/Rc)

Use Cases

Developing high-performance systems code requiring manual memory management
Implementing thread-safe data structures using atomic operations and mutexes
Refactoring legacy C/C++ codebases to use modern smart pointer patterns

About

Key Features

Memory bug prevention including buffer overflows, use-after-free, and leaks
Ownership and lifetime tracking patterns for Rust and C++
Safe resource management for files, sockets, and memory in C
0 GitHub stars
Cross-language RAII implementation for C++ and Rust
Smart pointer selection and optimization (unique_ptr, shared_ptr, Arc/Rc)

Use Cases

Developing high-performance systems code requiring manual memory management
Implementing thread-safe data structures using atomic operations and mutexes
Refactoring legacy C/C++ codebases to use modern smart pointer patterns