Use a class destructor to cleanup instead of manually?

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Started by johnnyBravo September 02, 2003 02:32 AM

4 comments, last by johnnyBravo 20 years, 7 months ago

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September 02, 2003 02:32 AM

I''m wondering if its ok to use a class destructor to clean up the directx devices etc. Like I have all my direct3d commands in a class, so i thought i could just use the destructor to clean up. Like I have no need to manually do it, only when the program ends. Thanks

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September 02, 2003 02:33 AM

There is no problem at all.

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September 02, 2003 02:33 AM

quote:Original post by johnnyBravo
I''m wondering if its ok to use a class destructor to clean up the directx devices etc.

Like I have all my direct3d commands in a class, so i thought i could just use the destructor to clean up. Like I have no need to manually do it, only when the program ends.

Thanks

Yeah, in fact, that''s exactly what you should be doing assuming that the interfaces pointers are encapsulated in the object being destructed, of course.

S1CA

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September 02, 2003 06:48 AM

Also assuming none of the classes have global or static instances. Only put system level stuff in destructors if you''re 100% certain of WHEN destruction will happen.

With global or static instances that''ll be AFTER you return control from WinMain back to the CRT process startup code.

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