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

Subject: Re: [boost] very simple implementation of Andrei Alexandrescu's ScopeGuard idiom
From: Alexander Stoyan (alexander.stoyan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-09-04 08:08:03

Hi folks,
In contrast to BOOST_SCOPE_EXIT there is a much shorter and less verbose
implementation that is especially good with c++11 lambda usage -
http://alexander-stoyan.blogspot.com/2012/02/scope-exit-handlers.html

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On Behalf Of Stewart, Robert
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 3:01 PM
To: boost_at_[hidden]
Subject: Re: [boost] very simple implementation of Andrei Alexandrescu's
ScopeGuard idiom

Sergey Radionov wrote:
> 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/1844037
58?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...

Objectively, your version requires knowing how to use
boost::bind, which arguably is a good thing, and requires calling
a function template, both of which make the statement more
verbose.  My version uses the same calling convention as, say,
boost::thread: pass the function object and the arguments it
requires.  It even accepts a std::tr1::function<void()> so you
can bind to your heart's content.

As for the concern that one must read help or a header to
understand how to use scope_guard, surely you jest.  One cannot
understand finally_execute or make_fin_exec() without doing
likewise.  You simply construct an instance of scope_guard with
the function object to call, and any required arguments.  What
could be simpler?

> > There's also Boost.Scope Exit, though it's even more
> > verbose:
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