Scope guards are a novel feature no other language has. They're based on Andrei Alexandrescu's scope guard macros, which have led to considerable interest in the idea. Check out the article www.digitalmars.com/d/exception-safe.html

Walter Bright wrote:
> Scope guards are a novel feature no other language has. They're based
> on Andrei Alexandrescu's scope guard macros, which have led to
> considerable interest in the idea. Check out the article www.digitalmars.com/d/exception-safe.html

Neat!

On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 13:06:36 +1100, Walter Bright <newshound@digitalmars.com> wrote:

> Scope guards are a novel feature no other language has. They're based on
> Andrei Alexandrescu's scope guard macros, which have led to considerable
> interest in the idea. Check out the article
> www.digitalmars.com/d/exception-safe.html

Wow! I know of one other language that (almost) implements this.

Does 'scope' mean any type scope, and not just function scope? For example, can it include module scope? ... if/while/for/foreach scope? ... block scope?

And I assume 'statement' can be a block of statements ...

    on_exit_scope { stmt1; stmt2; ... stmtn;}

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia

"Derek Parnell" <derek@psych.ward> wrote in message news:op.s5j942tp6b8z09@ginger.vic.bigpond.net.au...
> Wow! I know of one other language that (almost) implements this.

Which one?

> Does 'scope' mean any type scope, and not just function scope? For example, can it include module scope? ... if/while/for/foreach scope? ... block scope?

Yes.

> And I assume 'statement' can be a block of statements ...
>
>     on_exit_scope { stmt1; stmt2; ... stmtn;}

Yup. (The C++ macro version is limited to a single function call with argument.)

On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 14:51:45 +1100, Walter Bright <newshound@digitalmars.com> wrote:

>
> "Derek Parnell" <derek@psych.ward> wrote in message
> news:op.s5j942tp6b8z09@ginger.vic.bigpond.net.au...
>> Wow! I know of one other language that (almost) implements this.
>
> Which one?

Progess. Its a Database 4GL. It handles the on_exit, on_failure situations but not to the extent that D now does with the 'statement' flexibility.  A very neat solution.

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia

In article <dtr2fg$2vqr$4@digitaldaemon.com>, Walter Bright says...
>
>Scope guards are a novel feature no other language has. They're based on Andrei Alexandrescu's scope guard macros, which have led to considerable interest in the idea. Check out the article www.digitalmars.com/d/exception-safe.html

Again the release is very nice!

A question: I seemed to miss the scope guard discussion (whatever). Can you
enlighten me with an example (or guide me with a link) to illustrate the
usefulness of this feature?

Thanks,

P.S.: In the new docs for the scope guard stuff there is a TYPO at "[snip] close of the scope, they also are interleaved with the OnScopeStatements in the reverse *lexeical* order in which they appear."

Tom;

"Tom" <Tom_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:dtrakc$6lo$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> A question: I seemed to miss the scope guard discussion (whatever). Can
> you
> enlighten me with an example (or guide me with a link) to illustrate the
> usefulness of this feature?

This article has some good examples:
www.digitalmars.com/d/exception-safe.html
Also, do a google groups search on "Alexandrescu on_scope_exit" for a good
thread on it.

>
> Thanks,
>
> P.S.: In the new docs for the scope guard stuff there is a TYPO at "[snip]
> close
> of the scope, they also are interleaved with the OnScopeStatements in the
> reverse *lexeical* order in which they appear."

Thanks, I'll fix it.

Walter Bright wrote:
> Scope guards are a novel feature no other language has. They're based on Andrei Alexandrescu's scope guard macros, which have led to considerable interest in the idea. Check out the article www.digitalmars.com/d/exception-safe.html
> 
> 


Nice feature, but rather ugly to look at; although, I'm not sure how something like that could be made to look pretty.  Nonetheless the scope guard looks like something I should read up on.

Thanks for another good release.

-JJR

"John Reimer" <terminal.node@gmail.com> wrote in message news:dtrg0e$c9k$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Nice feature, but rather ugly to look at; although, I'm not sure how something like that could be made to look pretty.

I think it's ugly, too, but I just couldn't come up with anything significantly better.

> Nonetheless the scope guard looks like something I should read up on.
>
> Thanks for another good release.

You're welcome.

John Reimer wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> Scope guards are a novel feature no other language has. They're based on Andrei Alexandrescu's scope guard macros, which have led to considerable interest in the idea. Check out the article www.digitalmars.com/d/exception-safe.html
>>
>>
> 
> 
> Nice feature, but rather ugly to look at; although, I'm not sure how something like that could be made to look pretty.  Nonetheless the scope guard looks like something I should read up on.
> 
> Thanks for another good release.
> 
> -JJR

I thought the same, perhaps the "scope" portion is understood? So that the keywords become: onsuccess, onfailure, ...?