In C++ you can write the cleanup code once in the destructor, "similar constructions in other languages" must be written every time you use it. You can and sho

In C++ you can write the cleanup code once in the destructor, "similar constructions in other languages" must be written every time you use it. You can and should do "non-trivial cleanup in destructors", e.g. DB rollback, but you should do only cleanup in destructors.