RAII vs gc (was fortran lib which provide python like data type)

[Steven D'Aprano]

Sturla Molden wrote:

> Rustom Mody <rustompmody at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> The case of RAII vs gc is hardly conclusive:
>> 
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/228620/garbage-collection-in-c-why
> 
> The purpose of RAII is not to be an alternative to garbage collection
> (which the those answers imply), but to ensure  deterministc execution of
> setup and tear-down code. The Python equivalent of RAII is not garbage
> collection but context managers.
> 
> Those answers is a testimony to how little the majority of C++ users
> actually understand about the language.
> 
> 
> 
> A C++ statement with RAII like
> 
> {
>    Foo bar();
>    // suite
> }
> 
> is not equivalent to
> 
>     bar = Foo()
> 
> in Python. It actually corresponds to
> 
> with Foo() as bar:
>     <suite>


Nice answer! I'm not qualified to tell whether you are right or not, but
what you say has the ring of truth about it.



-- 
Steven