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		int_19h on Dec 21, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: More Gotchas of Defer in Go, Part II "defer" is effectively used for predictable destruction in Go, and a more automated RAII scheme could be used in its place. C++/CLI is a language that targets a garbage-collected runtime, yet has full-fledged RAII semantics (they're mapped to CLR Dispose pattern).

mratzloff on Dec 22, 2017 [–]

Oh, I totally forgot about C++/CLI! You're absolutely right; that's my mistake. I do agree that RAII is preferable.

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