...D has structures and delete at least. RAII also here.

If you need to create...

...me how you people solve the "using RAII for returned handles" problem.

Do you use...

I've also come to find the word 'professional' a huge misnomer.

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...D had RAII (ironically, it's now suggested in another thread to rename RAII to...

...memory space allocation!!
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Plus, RAII is still meaningless, just because the initialization...

Auto variables (in the C/C++ sense) are only half the story. The other half...

...definition RAII is a programming idiom/pattern, not a language feature (like auto variables). RAII...

...in serious doubt of the merits of RAII when used with exceptions. It means that...

Maybe if the name were changed it would encourage the programmers at work to put...

I agree. I could never understand why the term "destructor" was inadequate to describe it...