Re: [boost] [scope_guard] New revisionavailable + namingconsideration

From: Jeff Flinn (TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-22 15:03:46

"Rob Stewart" <stewart_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:200509221937.j8MJbHGp014463_at_shannonhoon.balstatdev.susq.com...
>
> A variation on "guard" (the verb) is "protect," which has the
> right meaning and avoids overloading the word "guard" to excess:
>
>   scope_guard g;
>   if (a) g.dismiss();

    if (a) g.ignore();

To me dismiss has much more heavy handed connotations.

>   ...
>   if (b) g.protect();
>
> "Secure" is another choice.

Either of these pair well.

Just a thought, has g.on() and g.off() been considered?

Jeff