Newbie initial comments on D language - destructor usage

[Edward Diener]

James Dennett wrote:
> Edward Diener wrote:
>> Janice Caron wrote:
>>> On Jan 29, 2008 12:52 AM, Edward Diener
>>> <eddielee_no_spam_here at tropicsoft.com> wrote:
>>>> Except for a
>>>> 'scope' class a destructor can not possibly know how it is being called
>>>
>>> True.
>>>
>>> Nonetheless, I have seen code in C++ which does:
>>>
>>>     ~MyHeapClass()
>>>     {
>>>         delete this;
>>>     }
>>>
>>> even though the destructor cannot possibly know whether or not the
>>> class was allocated with new. 
>>
>> I completely agree the above is bad C++ code, and can only be possibly 
>> considered correct if some rule says that the class can never be 
>> created except in dynamic memory. 
> 
> Not even then; "delete this" is not valid from within a destructor,
> as the destructor has already set about destroying the object, and
> so attempting to re-destroy the object makes no sense.

You are completely correct and it was my error also in not noticing that 
this was done in the destructor itself.