hasElaborateDestructor

[Luna]

On Sunday, 27 April 2025 at 21:43:26 UTC, claptrap wrote:
> What the heck does elaborate mean in this context? I mean a 
> type has a destructor or not right? Why is a struct destructor 
> called "elaborate" and a class destructor not?
>
> Or is this just another case of programmers cant think up 
> sensible names for stuff?

Elaborate refers to destructors which are not automatically 
generated by the D compiler; eg. If you have a type with subtypes 
that can be destroyed D will automatically set up a destructor 
that handles the destruction chain for you. But if you define 
your own destructor; potentially in a template your destructor 
now becomes elaborate since it has more functionality than just 
ensuring its children are destroyed if needed. Elaborate 
destructors only apply to structs however, not classes.