...do a bunch of writes
  // hope f gets closed by RAII magic (it won't)
}


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Linky:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAII

Also, in the face of possible exceptions, it is much cleaner to use scope than...

...exit) closeFile().

I think the need for RAII objects in D (and destructors in this...

Thanks for the explanation Daniel en Lutger.

Some new qestions come to my mind. Since...

Forget to mention, this is in C++ not in D.

...scope classses they are, so these are more useful for RAII, for example file handles.

...to trigger RAII, but not any more. Now you want the 'scope' keyword.

RAII instances...

...a default value is this part of RAII? Or has it
nothing to do with...

...having the skeleton available and use the RAII to make the singleton only available when...