Re: [boost] Proposed new RAII Library

Subject: Re: [boost] Proposed new RAII Library
From: Sohail Somani (sohail_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-09-16 09:54:14

On 12-09-16 9:35 AM, Krzysztof Czainski wrote:
>> >
>> >Every scope guard since the beginning of time has had a dismiss/release
>> >function.
>> >
>> >Pardon me but writing an extra line is exactly what I'm trying to avoid.
> Similarly, one might argue that every string class should have a trim
> member function, but then there are good arguments, that algorithms
> like trim should be external functions [1].
>
> So, maybe the dismiss functionality can be an external function
> (assuming a guard can be rebound to another function):

A valid argument if both methods use the same lines of code:

   s.trim()

   trim(s)

VS:

   guard g(...);
   g.dismiss();

   bool dismiss=false;
   guard g(...)
   dismiss=true;

Sohail