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authorJörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff-webhosting.net>2025-03-16 12:48:59 +0100
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+============
+Scope guards
+============
+
+``scope_exit``
+==============
+
+scope_exit creates an object that runs a predefined function when a scope ends.
+This is useful for augmenting C APIs with something of a destructor without
+wrapping the stuff in an explicit class of its own. For instance,
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ #include <libHX/option.h>
+ #include <libHX/scope.hpp>
+ int main() {
+ auto fa = HXformat_init();
+ if (fa == nullptr)
+ return 0;
+ auto cleanup_fa = HX::make_scope_exit([&]() { HXformat_free(fa); });
+ HXformat_add(fa, "foo", "bar", HXTYPE_STRING);
+ }