Re: Destroy a Singleton : static or not static ?

From:
"Leigh Johnston" <leigh@i42.co.uk>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:41:18 -0000
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"requinham" <requinham@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On 16 f?v, 14:16, "Leigh Johnston" <le...@i42.co.uk> wrote:

"requinham" <requin...@gmail.com> wrote in message

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Hello,

i would know if the conception of singeleton pattern define the
function who destroy the unique instance as static or not ?

because in the code of global program, this function must be the
latest function executed by the singleton and after that she will
return the handle to the main or another independant function so it's
not necessary to define this method (destroy()) as static !


Could you be more specific as there are various ways of implementing a
singleton. If you are using the Meyers Singleton then there is no need
for
a destroy function static or otherwise as the singleton is destroyed
automatically at the appropriate time during program termination.

/Leigh


thinks for all for this qwickly response :)

for the implementation, i use a simple and classic method like this :

class A {

private:
A(){};
A(const A& instance){};
~A(){};
static A* uniqueInstance=NULL;

public:
static A* getInstance(){
if (uniqueInstance==NULL)
  uniqueInstance=new A();
return uniqueInstance;
}

void destroy(){
if (uniqueInstance != NULL){
delete uniqueInstance;
uniqueInstance=NULL;
}

}

is like this and normally in all the case, the destroy function is
called at the end of singleton then it's not important to make it
static


Some people say that in a decent design a class shouldn't care if it is a
singleton or not in which case the following suffices:

struct A
{
    /* ... */
};

A& A_instance()
{
    static A theInstance;
    return theInstance;
}

Remember though that singletons are an anti-pattern as well as a pattern and
you should think hard if you actually need a singleton.

/Leigh

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