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Wrong. You need to exit before resource allocations :-). And in general if you allocate resources in most functions you're doing it wrong. Need global resource

Wrong. You need to exit before resource allocations :-). And in general if you allocate resources in most functions you're doing it wrong. Need global resource managers. Stack variables should only very rarely be resource owners.

monocasa 9y ago
RAII works just as well for heap allocated objects as it does for stack allocated ones.
- jstimpfle 9y ago
  Sure, but allocating resources on the stack is not good for maintainability. Software is easier to understand if its state is not hidden in semi-permanent call stack frames.
  - monocasa 9y ago
    In general I agree with you, but that seems orthogonal to the subject at hand.
    - jstimpfle 9y ago
      Parent's statement was that early returns are hard because you need to cleanup allocated resources. I don't think so, because there shouldn't (usually) be resources "on the stack".
      - monocasa 9y ago
        But RAII is orthogonal to auto, static, or dynamic allocation.