Agree with @czinck. It works, it does the job, but it's not as fool proof as: { Type obj; // do stuff } // obj destructor just ran

Agree with @czinck. It works, it does the job, but it's not as fool proof as: { Type obj; // do stuff } // obj destructor just ran C# and other languages have similar paradigms, but they require more attention to detail than a destructor does.