> I know for C it’s unthinkable to standardize such a luxury like defer or destructors, so we’re going to relive arguments from 1968 for as long as C is used.

> I know for C it’s unthinkable to standardize such a luxury like defer or destructors, so we’re going to relive arguments from 1968 for as long as C is used. There was a proposal for defer in C23 but it didn't make the cut [1]. There is also the __cleanup__ attribute if you're using GCC. [1] https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n2895.htm https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n2895.htm