From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2007-10-08T08:41:38+09:00
Subject: Re: The old File.rename not working again. . . .

Jay Levitt wrote:

> In Ruby, though, the object gets destroyed by garbage collection, not by
> explicit destruction or stack unwinding.  So RAII wouldn't work; you can
> never guarantee when (or if) the resource will be closed.  Instead,
> resource-wrappers like File often let you specify a block; the wrapper
> opens the resource, yields to the block, and closes the resource for you.
> It's just a different wrapping idiom.  If you haven't discovered
> http://gotapi.com already, load up the Ruby tab and check out IO#open.

A FAQ on the C++ mailing list is "shouldn't C++ learn from Java and add a 
'finally' keyword"?

Block closures teach us that both RAII and 'finally' are hacks, and the 
Execute Around Pattern is the Real Deal.

-- 
  Phlip