From 5f9268811f0201e9c04d87a6b55f4f5a83037045 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mm2PL <miau@mail.kotmisia.pl>
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2024 13:30:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Create src/util/drop.hpp

---
 src/util/drop.hpp | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/util/drop.hpp

diff --git a/src/util/drop.hpp b/src/util/drop.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04d7e3351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/drop.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+namespace chatterino {
+
+/**
+ * Calls the destructor of var immediately.
+ *
+ * This is useful before noreturn functions to prevent leaking memory from complex types.
+ */
+template <typename T>
+inline void drop(T &var)
+{
+    var.~T();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Helps you avoid accidentally dropping a pointer not the object behind it.
+ */
+template <typename T>
+inline void drop(T * /*var*/)
+{
+    static_assert(false, "Use delete on a pointer instead of drop().");
+}
+
+}  // namespace chatterino