Skip to content

Commit d90c166

Browse files
authored
Update the-stack-and-the-heap.md
Was surprised to learn that heaps were used in this way, then realized upon reading [the linked paper](http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/academic/class/15213-f98/doc/dsa.pdf) that it's a totally different type of heap—an important distinction.
1 parent 32e462e commit d90c166

File tree

1 file changed

+2
-0
lines changed

1 file changed

+2
-0
lines changed

src/doc/book/the-stack-and-the-heap.md

+2
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ The stack is very fast, and is where memory is allocated in Rust by default.
2626
But the allocation is local to a function call, and is limited in size. The
2727
heap, on the other hand, is slower, and is explicitly allocated by your
2828
program. But it’s effectively unlimited in size, and is globally accessible.
29+
Note this meaning of heap, which allocates arbitrary-sized blocks of memory in arbitrary
30+
order, is quite different from the heap data structure.
2931

3032
# The Stack
3133

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)