Re: Force creation of objects with new operator

From:
"Alf P. Steinbach /Usenet" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:19:33 +0200
Message-ID:
<iuhlki$9eh$1@dont-email.me>
* Urs Thuermann, on 30.06.2011 11:48:

I have a class where I want objects to commit suicide by calling

         delete this;

Therefore, I want to be sure that all objects are created only using
the new operator. I am thinking about making the constructor and
destructor private and adding a class function to call the constructor
like this:

         class Foo {
         public:
                 static Foo *create(int foo) {
                         return new Foo(foo);
                 }
                 void destroy_yourself_when_done() {
                         delete this;
                 }
         private:
                 Foo(int foo) { ... }
                 ~Foo() { ... }
         };

         void user()
         {
                 Foo *f = Foo::create(0);
                 // do something with f
                 f->destroy_yourself_when_done();
         }

In the real code, the function destroy_yourself_when_done() is of
course more complex and commits suicide only when conditions are met
that the object is no longer needed.

Is this considered a clean approach?


No, not in my opinion.

 Are there better ways?


I would instead make the destructor non-public.

Much less code, much easier.

Cheers & hth.,

- Alf

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