On 12 February 2011 14:22, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
> Note the lack of a delete - that's the point here; it's not needed
> because as soon as the smart pointer goes out of scope, it's
> destructor will delete foo. That means you don't have to remember to
> include the delete in each of the many exit points of the code.
>
> See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Acquisition_Is_Initialization
"Resource Acquisition is Initialization" is a terrible name. Some
people call it "scope bound resource management", which makes a lot
more sense, but isn't as widely known.
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Regards,
Peter Geoghegan