c++c++14c++17scopeguard

Will there be standardization of scope guard/scope exit idioms?


Running a lambda on scope exit seems like such a basic thing, I would expect it to be standardized. Things like unique_ptr are better, when they apply, but I find there is an endless supply of "one-off" destructors are needed, especially when leveraging C-style libraries. Does anyone know if this is coming?


Solution

  • n4189 is a proposal to add make_scope_exit wrappers, and other similar resource handlers, to the language. It is based off of the relatively famous scope_guard talk.

    The most recent "current paper status" from LWG is in 2013, prior to the above date.

    The contents of C++1z (hopefully C++17) are yet to be determined.

    C++1z status for clang does not mention it. C++1z TS for clang does not mention it.

    The paper itself contains an example implementation. I do not know what licensing terms it is under.