Boost.ScopeExit based on D's scope(exit)

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Leandro Lucarella wrote:
> Boost 1.38.0 includes a new library ScopeExit:
> http://www.boost.org/users/news/version_1_38_0
> 
> This library is based on D's scope(exit) according to the documentation,
> see at the end of the link:
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_38_0/libs/scope_exit/doc/html/scope_exit/alternatives.html
> 

Cool. I confess I'm mildly miffed. In the "Acknowledge" section (sic) 
yours truly is being acknowledged "for pointing me to scope(exit) 
construct of the D  programming language." In the Alternatives section 
there's an unatrributed link to the ScopeGuard article. My understanding 
of ScopeExit looks much more inspired and derivative from ScopeGuard 
than a distinct artifact, something that goes entirely unacknowledged.

For some reason ScopeGuard and scope(exit) consistently escapes proper 
acknowledgments. Petru Marginean and I introduced the concept in C++ and 
argued for its usefulness. I invented the gorram scope(exit) statement 
for D, and Walter almost forgot to acknowledge me. And now this. What 
are you going to do...


Andrei