Zig Memory Management Guide

Core Principle: Every allocation must have a corresponding deallocation. Use defer for normal cleanup, errdefer for error path cleanup.

This skill ensures safe memory management in Zig, preventing memory leaks and use-after-free bugs.

Official Documentation:

• Memory Allocators: https://ziglang.org/documentation/0.15.2/#Memory
• std.mem: https://ziglang.org/documentation/0.15.2/std/#std.mem

Related Skills:

• zig-0.15: API changes including ArrayList allocator parameter
• solana-sdk-zig: Solana-specific memory constraints (32KB heap)

References

Detailed allocator patterns and examples: