destructors for statically declared objects

[joe martin]

Does anyone know when or if destructors for statically declared
objects are called? I am just wondering if I am leaking system
resources each time i exit my program.

Thanks,
-Joe

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[John Ericson]

Re: destructors for statically declared objects

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> objects are called? I am just wondering if I am leaking[/color]
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> -Joe
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http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lit...html#faq-10.13 ,
or around there.
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[Andy Sawyer]

Re: destructors for statically declared objects

In article <4mhugv4d650jbf 97k4rnt3fei4rnu iss40@4ax.com>,
on 12 Jul 2003 09:16:40 -0400,
joe martin <no@never.com > wrote:
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> Does anyone know when or if destructors for statically declared
> objects are called? I am just wondering if I am leaking system
> resources each time i exit my program.[/color]

It depends on how you exit the program. If you call abort, then "no" is
the answer. If you either call 'exit', or fall off the end of 'main'
(which eventuall calls 'exit'), then the answer is "yes". If you
terminate in any other fashion, then you're on your own...:)

3.6.3p1 says:

,----
| Destructors (12.4) for initialized objects of static storage duration
| (declared at block scope or at namespace scope) are called as a result
| of returning from main and as a result of calling exit (18.3). These
| objects are destroyed in the reverse order of the completion of their
| constructor or of the completion of their dynamic initialization. If an
| object is initialized statically, the object is destroyed in the same
| order as if the object was dynamically initialized. For an object of
| array or class type, all subobjects of that object are destroyed before
| any local object with static storage duration initialized during the
| construction of the subobjects is destroyed.
`----

Regards,
Andy S
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[Francis Glassborow]

Re: destructors for statically declared objects

In message <4mhugv4d650jbf 97k4rnt3fei4rnu iss40@4ax.com>, joe martin
<no@never.com > writes[color=blue]
>Does anyone know when or if destructors for statically declared
>objects are called? I am just wondering if I am leaking system
>resources each time i exit my program.[/color]

They are called in the same way as atexit() registered functions are
called and interleaved with those under the same rule (reverse of the
order of initialisation/registration)


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