...can also chose to do away with RAII and go for the first option. Or...

...is not needed because File is an RAII type; its objects close their handles in...

...by me:

- scope has already been mentioned.

- RAII: MyString could be owned by a struct...

...value

Very straightforward.


???  Structs with dtors have RAII. You only need scope(exit) if you...

class = virtual functions

struct = RAII

...As far as I remember, no automatic RAII support, even though it's insanely useful...

...the code up in a kind of RAII-like entry and exit code that references...

...destruction, don't use the GC; use RAII or reference counting instead.


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...Ref counted pointers in D have problem:

RAII in D is bad: move ctor are...

...D)`
  destructors, allowing C++ code that violated RAII guarantees.

  Declaring the constructors as `private` members...