Re: [boost] very simple implementation of Andrei Alexandrescu's ScopeGuard idiom

Subject: Re: [boost] very simple implementation of Andrei Alexandrescu's ScopeGuard idiom
From: Sergey Radionov (rsatom_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-09-03 20:00:41

2012/9/4 Stewart, Robert <Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden]>:
> Sergey Radionov wrote:
>>
>> https://github.com/RSATom/finally_execute/blob/master/finally
>> _execute.h
>>
>> based on http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/generic-change-the-way-
>> you-write-excepti/184403758?pgno=2
>>
>> I know about http://sourceforge.net/projects/loki-lib/ but
>> with boost::bind this can be much simpler:
>> https://github.com/RSATom/finally_execute/blob/master/README
>>
>> I've used this in many of my projects, and found it very
>> usefull....
>>
>> don't understand, why this simple solution does not
>> contributed already to Boost by someone else... :)
>
> I created a version, too, but the usage is much simpler.
>
> Given the following:
>
> FILE * const file(fopen("test", "r"));
> if (file)
> {
>    // A
> }
>
> Your usage, at A, is:
>
>    finally_execute _(make_fin_exec(boost::bind(fclose, file)));
>
> Mine is:
>
>    scope_guard _(fclose, file);
>
> As you can see, a little more complication in the component makes
> usage much simpler.
In this case, I think, much simple usage gives less clear code, since
people reading code will see boost::bind and understand what it mean.
With your version, he maybe should have to a look to help or header...
It's just my point of view.

>
> There's also Boost.Scope Exit, though it's even more verbose:
>
>    BOOST_SCOPE_EXIT(&file)
>    {
>       fclose(file);
>    }
>    BOOST_SCOPE_EXIT_END
>
> If there's interest in it, I'd have to seek permission to submit
> my library.
>
>
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