...the instance than with the reference, since 'raii' isn't really a type qualifier.  I...

IIRC that would be:

#raii foo = new Foo;

the "auto" dosn't indicate auto typing...

...inference ==> use 'var'
for RAII, hmm, maybe use something like 'raii'

# raii var foo = new...

...auto won't 
 allow for both a RAII and type-deduced variable declaration.  I think...

...In this case, he says to use RAII, but that's not a solution to...

...memory management, lazy management with a GC, RAII, scoped destruction AND reference counting.

The proposal...

...OOP is one, generics/template is another, RAII and so on (all present in C...

...be to use the iterator as an RAII mechanism for this lock, but that seems...

...up -- if you 'forget' to delete or raii it, the GC will collect the class...

...the same problems that finalisers do.

However, RAII has been contrasted with "explicit" memory management...