You can still use this trick in C++ if you ensure that the return statements are outside the scopes that have the RAII objects. It's awkward but it's better tha

You can still use this trick in C++ if you ensure that the return statements are outside the scopes that have the RAII objects. It's awkward but it's better than nothing. https://godbolt.org/z/cnbjaK85T https://godbolt.org/z/cnbjaK85T void foo(int x) { { MyObj obj; // ... } return bar(x); // tail call }