Re: [boost] [scope_guard] Naming roundup

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-23 17:06:50

Andrey Semashev wrote:

>> FILE * f = fopen( ... );
>>
>> if( f == 0 ) throw ...;
>>
>> scoped_guard file_closer = make_guard( fclose, f );
>
> In this (or similar) case I might rather make a tiny wrapper around
> FILE* instead of guard.

Interesting... when Andrei Alexandrescu and Petru Marginean introduced 
ScopeGuard, this was one of their primary motivating examples, and my 
initial reaction was that, indeed, biting the bullet and writing a separate 
File class might be a better option.

Eliminating resource management as a motivation leaves me wondering what are 
the primary uses for scope[d]_guard that you have in mind?