...class instance dtors are never called, breaking RAII":
    https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi...

...class instance dtors are never called,
                    breaking RAII
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: x86_64...

"For local declarations, scope implements the RAII (Resource Acquisition Is Initialization) protocol. This means that...

...better yet to a destructor of a RAII struct.

Problems with GC-called destructors are...

...make the win32 functions take a realHDC, but users declare HDC to get raii semantics.

...Array type as a whole implements the RAII design pattern and offers at least basic...

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So if you're implementing an RAII container, then yes, you can mark its...

...for reference counting or manual management.

3) RAII doesn't work properly because the GC...

...to control when collections happen, etc.. Use RAII structs or scope guards for things that...

...is where we should be aiming for - RAII alone isn't good enough any more.