Re: [boost] Proposed new RAII Library

Subject: Re: [boost] Proposed new RAII Library
From: Andrew Sandoval (sandoval_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-09-14 20:44:16

Lorenzo Caminiti <lorcaminiti <at> gmail.com> writes:

> No, it won't because with C++11 you can execute *arbitrary* copy at
> scope exit while with bind you can execute a function with arbitrary
> arity but still just execute a function a scope exit. How do I state
> this more clearly?? Well say with bind you can't do:
> 
> if (...) { f(); int x = 1; } else {...}
> for (...) ...
> 
> (Phoenix might help but that's like trying to use lamba expressions on C++03.)
> 

I think you are misunderstanding me.  I'm not saying it will work as a lambda.
I'm saying that RAIIFunction will work with boost::bind / std::tr1::bind.

In other words, it is useful in C++03, not just C++11.

-Andrew Sandoval