[oreally]

poor?

If I use RAII I'd need to have a struct/class and a destructor.

If I use defer I'd just need the keyword defer and the free() code. It's a lot more lean, efficient, understandable to write out.

And with regards to code-execution timing, defer frees me from such a burden compared to if-free.

[Ygg2]

> If I use defer I'd just need the keyword defer and the free() code.

Yeah, and not accidentally forgetting to call it. That's the big part. And before "True Scotsman will always free/close/defer!" - No, no they won't.

Unless the compiler screams at them, or its enforced via syntax constructs, it will always slip through the cracks.

[oreally]

Well I'd have to pay all the friction of writing up a new type, and in some cases the type gets cubersome. Doubly so if your codebase requires extra some friction like 1 header for each type.

Also get over it. We got post-processor things like static analyzers, etc, and whatever AI code reminders/fixers that are coming up next. I'd prefer those over muddying up the code base.

[Ygg2]

> Also get over it. We got post-processor things like static analyzers, etc, and whatever AI code reminders/fixers that are coming up next.

Sure. But unless it's part of compiler, someone will not run it, or will run out of resources (no net or no tokens).

Defaults matter a ton.