GC-proof resource classes

[ponce via Digitalmars-d]

On Sunday, 30 August 2015 at 11:45:36 UTC, skoppe wrote:
> On Sunday, 30 August 2015 at 09:54:31 UTC, ponce wrote:
>> On Saturday, 29 August 2015 at 16:12:52 UTC, skoppe wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't think it is a good idea to call create_handle() in 
>>> the constructor. Why not just pass a handle into the Resource?
>>
>> This isn't related to the topic.
>
> By putting create_handle in the constructor, you inevitably end 
> up putting free_handle in some (destructor) function. The 
> problems you are having might be different/easier when you make 
> something else do the (de)construction. Like, say, a 
> ResourceManager.

The handle is not important, the idiom applies equally to any 
class with a non-trivial destructor.