scope

Part of KeywordsCategory

Description

This example shows how scope objects differ from non-scope objects. Note how the auto objects are destroyed as soon as they go out of scope. (This example is based on the older AutoExample example.)

Example

import std.stdio : writefln;

class A 
{
	private char[] name;

	char[] toString() 
	{
		return name;
	}

	this(char[] s) 
	{
		name = s;
		writefln("%s created", name);
	}

	~this()
	{
		writefln("%s destroyed", name);
	}
}


void test2()
{
	scope A a2 = new A("test2");
}


void test3() 
{
	A a3 = new A("test3");
}


void test4()
{
	scope A a4 = new A("test4");
}


void main()
{    
	A a = new A("main test");    
	writefln("\tbegin main body");
	test2();
	test3();
	test4();
	writefln("\tend main body (garbage collector will run next...)");
}

Sample Batch File

@echo off
set pgm=RaiiScopeExample
dmd %pgm%.d
%pgm%.exe
pause
erase %pgm%.obj
erase %pgm%.map

Console Output

main test created
        begin main body
test2 created
test2 destroyed
test3 created
test4 created
test4 destroyed
        end main body (garbage collector will run next...)
test3 destroyed
main test destroyed

Compatibility

• Requires DMD 0.174 or later.
• Tested with DMD 0.174 on Windows 2000.