# Freeing memory allocated in a loop

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**Tags:** memory-management\
**Created:** [November 29, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/freeing-memory-allocated-in-a-loop/13276 "2025-11-29T21:24:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/freeing-memory-allocated-in-a-loop/13276/14 "2025-11-30T12:43:03Z")

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When the lifetime of container is the same with the lifetime of its elements, using an arena allocator for both the container and its elements is a much better solution.

In other words, freeing memory in `deinit` using `for` is a red flag that an arena allocator is a better fit.

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