18.4 Destructors

• Perform necessary housekeeping tasks
• Named ~ClassName, no arguments, no return type
• Implicitly called on:
  • Local variables, at end of block
  • Parameters, at end of function
  • Temporary variables, at end of statement
  • Heap values, when delete is called
  • Static values, when main terminates
  • Member data, when object is deallocated
  • Base class object, when derived class object is deallocated
  • Local variables, when an exception is thrown and execution leaves the block

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