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zeeshan1995 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Does perl guarantee that the  DESTROY() function will be called immediately after the closing braces } for the objects in the scope created using  new()( as C++ does)?

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Re: DESTROY Function call
by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 16, 2018 at 10:50 UTC

    No. The DESTROY function will be called immediately after the last reference to the object goes out of scope.

    This is fairly similar to what C++ seemingly does, but only in the case where no references escape that scope.

    See Scope::Guard, Guard and similar classes that use this mechanism to ensure cleanup of resources when a scope is left.

    Update: Also, the "SEE ALSO" section of Scope::Guard mentions many other modules that implement the same approach.

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