c++支持“finally”块吗?

RAII习语是什么?

c++的RAII习语和c#的using语句有什么区别?


当前回答

很抱歉挖了这么老的一个线程,但下面的推理有一个重大错误:

RAII将异常安全的责任从对象的用户转移到对象的设计者(和实现者)。我认为这是正确的地方,因为你只需要让异常安全正确一次(在设计/实现中)。通过使用finally,您需要在每次使用对象时都获得正确的异常安全性。

通常情况下,你必须处理动态分配的对象,动态数量的对象等。在try块中,一些代码可能会创建许多对象(有多少是在运行时确定的),并将指向它们的指针存储在一个列表中。现在,这不是一个奇异的场景,但很常见。在这种情况下,你会想写这样的东西

void DoStuff(vector<string> input)
{
  list<Foo*> myList;

  try
  {    
    for (int i = 0; i < input.size(); ++i)
    {
      Foo* tmp = new Foo(input[i]);
      if (!tmp)
        throw;

      myList.push_back(tmp);
    }

    DoSomeStuff(myList);
  }
  finally
  {
    while (!myList.empty())
    {
      delete myList.back();
      myList.pop_back();
    }
  }
}

当然,当超出作用域时,列表本身将被销毁,但这不会清除您创建的临时对象。

相反,你必须走一条丑陋的路:

void DoStuff(vector<string> input)
{
  list<Foo*> myList;

  try
  {    
    for (int i = 0; i < input.size(); ++i)
    {
      Foo* tmp = new Foo(input[i]);
      if (!tmp)
        throw;

      myList.push_back(tmp);
    }

    DoSomeStuff(myList);
  }
  catch(...)
  {
  }

  while (!myList.empty())
  {
    delete myList.back();
    myList.pop_back();
  }
}

另外:为什么即使是托管语言也会提供一个final块,尽管垃圾收集器会自动释放资源?

提示:使用“finally”可以做的不仅仅是内存释放。

其他回答

不,c++不支持'finally'块。原因是c++支持RAII:“资源获取是初始化”——对于一个真正有用的概念来说,这是一个糟糕的名字。

其思想是,对象的析构函数负责释放资源。当对象具有自动存储持续时间时,当创建对象的块退出时,对象的析构函数将被调用——即使该块在出现异常时退出。以下是Bjarne Stroustrup对这个话题的解释。

RAII的一个常见用途是锁定互斥量:

// A class with implements RAII
class lock
{
    mutex &m_;

public:
    lock(mutex &m)
      : m_(m)
    {
        m.acquire();
    }
    ~lock()
    {
        m_.release();
    }
};

// A class which uses 'mutex' and 'lock' objects
class foo
{
    mutex mutex_; // mutex for locking 'foo' object
public:
    void bar()
    {
        lock scopeLock(mutex_); // lock object.

        foobar(); // an operation which may throw an exception

        // scopeLock will be destructed even if an exception
        // occurs, which will release the mutex and allow
        // other functions to lock the object and run.
    }
};

RAII also simplifies using objects as members of other classes. When the owning class' is destructed, the resource managed by the RAII class gets released because the destructor for the RAII-managed class gets called as a result. This means that when you use RAII for all members in a class that manage resources, you can get away with using a very simple, maybe even the default, destructor for the owner class since it doesn't need to manually manage its member resource lifetimes. (Thanks to Mike B for pointing this out.)

For those familliar with C# or VB.NET, you may recognize that RAII is similar to .NET deterministic destruction using IDisposable and 'using' statements. Indeed, the two methods are very similar. The main difference is that RAII will deterministically release any type of resource -- including memory. When implementing IDisposable in .NET (even the .NET language C++/CLI), resources will be deterministically released except for memory. In .NET, memory is not deterministically released; memory is only released during garbage collection cycles.

 

†有些人认为“破坏是资源放弃”是RAII习语更准确的名称。

我想出了一个finally宏,可以像¹Java中的finally关键字一样使用;它使用std::exception_ptr及其友项,lambda函数和std::promise,因此它要求c++ 11或以上;它还使用了clang也支持的复合语句表达式GCC扩展。

警告:这个答案的早期版本使用了这个概念的不同实现,有更多的限制。

首先,让我们定义一个helper类。

#include <future>

template <typename Fun>
class FinallyHelper {
    template <typename T> struct TypeWrapper {};
    using Return = typename std::result_of<Fun()>::type;

public:    
    FinallyHelper(Fun body) {
        try {
            execute(TypeWrapper<Return>(), body);
        }
        catch(...) {
            m_promise.set_exception(std::current_exception());
        }
    }

    Return get() {
        return m_promise.get_future().get();
    }

private:
    template <typename T>
    void execute(T, Fun body) {
        m_promise.set_value(body());
    }

    void execute(TypeWrapper<void>, Fun body) {
        body();
    }

    std::promise<Return> m_promise;
};

template <typename Fun>
FinallyHelper<Fun> make_finally_helper(Fun body) {
    return FinallyHelper<Fun>(body);
}

然后是实际的宏观。

#define try_with_finally for(auto __finally_helper = make_finally_helper([&] { try 
#define finally });                         \
        true;                               \
        ({return __finally_helper.get();})) \
/***/

它可以这样使用:

void test() {
    try_with_finally {
        raise_exception();
    }    

    catch(const my_exception1&) {
        /*...*/
    }

    catch(const my_exception2&) {
        /*...*/
    }

    finally {
        clean_it_all_up();
    }    
}

使用std::promise使其非常容易实现,但它可能也引入了相当多不必要的开销,这些开销可以通过只从std::promise中重新实现所需的功能来避免。


注意:有一些东西不像java版本的finally那样工作。我能想到的是:

it's not possible to break from an outer loop with the break statement from within the try and catch()'s blocks, since they live within a lambda function; there must be at least one catch() block after the try: it's a C++ requirement; if the function has a return value other than void but there's no return within the try and catch()'s blocks, compilation will fail because the finally macro will expand to code that will want to return a void. This could be, err, avoided by having a finally_noreturn macro of sorts.

总而言之,我不知道我自己是否会使用这些东西,但玩它很有趣。:)

I also think that RIIA is not a fully useful replacement for exception handling and having a finally. BTW, I also think RIIA is a bad name all around. I call these types of classes 'janitors' and use them a LOT. 95% of the time they are neither initializing nor acquiring resources, they are applying some change on a scoped basis, or taking something already set up and making sure it's destroyed. This being the official pattern name obsessed internet I get abused for even suggesting my name might be better.

我只是认为不合理的做法是,要求某些特殊列表的每一个复杂设置都必须编写一个类来包含它,以避免在清理过程中出现问题时需要捕获多个异常类型时的复杂性。这将导致大量的临时类,否则这些类是不必要的。

是的,对于专为管理特定资源而设计的类,或者专为处理一组类似资源而设计的泛型类,这是没问题的。但是,即使所有涉及的东西都有这样的包装器,清理的协调也可能不仅仅是简单的反序析构函数调用。

我认为c++有一个final。我的意思是,天哪,在过去的几十年里,它被粘上了这么多零碎的东西,似乎奇怪的是,人们突然对一些东西变得保守起来,比如最终,它可能非常有用,可能不像其他一些已经添加的东西那么复杂(尽管这只是我的猜测)。

我有一个用例,我认为它最终应该是c++ 11语言中完全可以接受的一部分,因为我认为从流的角度来看,它更容易阅读。我的用例是线程的消费者/生产者链,其中在运行结束时发送一个哨兵nullptr以关闭所有线程。

如果c++支持它,你会希望你的代码看起来像这样:

    extern Queue downstream, upstream;

    int Example()
    {
        try
        {
           while(!ExitRequested())
           {
             X* x = upstream.pop();
             if (!x) break;
             x->doSomething();
             downstream.push(x);
           } 
        }
        finally { 
            downstream.push(nullptr);
        }
    }

我认为把finally声明放在循环的开始更符合逻辑,因为它发生在循环退出之后……但这只是一厢情愿的想法,因为我们无法在c++中实现它。注意,下游队列连接到另一个线程,所以你不能在下游的析构函数中放入哨兵推(nullptr),因为此时它不能被销毁……它需要保持活动状态,直到另一个线程接收到nullptr。

下面是如何使用带有lambda的RAII类来做同样的事情:

    class Finally
    {
    public:

        Finally(std::function<void(void)> callback) : callback_(callback)
        {
        }
        ~Finally()
        {
            callback_();
        }
        std::function<void(void)> callback_;
    };

下面是你如何使用它:

    extern Queue downstream, upstream;

    int Example()
    {
        Finally atEnd([](){ 
           downstream.push(nullptr);
        });
        while(!ExitRequested())
        {
           X* x = upstream.pop();
           if (!x) break;
           x->doSomething();
           downstream.push(x);
        }
    }

总之,微软Visual c++确实支持try,它在MFC应用中一直被用作捕获严重异常的方法,否则会导致崩溃。例如;

int CMyApp::Run() 
{
    __try
    {
        int i = CWinApp::Run();
        m_Exitok = MAGIC_EXIT_NO;
        return i;
    }
    __finally
    {
        if (m_Exitok != MAGIC_EXIT_NO)
            FaultHandler();
    }
}

在过去,我用它来做一些事情,比如在退出之前保存打开文件的备份。不过,某些JIT调试设置会破坏这种机制。