Defending against exceptions in a scope_exit RAII type

· Raymond Chen · April 24, 2026, 3:26 p.m.
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Summary
This blog post discusses the topic of handling exceptions in a RAII (Resource Acquisition Is Initialization) context using a scope_exit mechanism, but suggests that perhaps the effort to address this issue may not be justified.
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