Does C++ support 'finally' blocks? (And what's this 'RAII' I keep hearing about?)

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Does C++ support 'finally' blocks?

What is the RAII idiom?

What is the difference between C++'s RAII idiom and C#'s 'using' statement?

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14 Sep at 13:33

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