destructor Definition
de·struc·tor (di struk′tər)
noun
- Brit. an incinerator for rubbish
- ☆ an explosive device for bringing about a destruct
Etymology: LL < destructus: see destruction
destructor Usage Examples
Converse of object
- call: Any excess ozone not absorbed into the water is destroyed by a machine called a destructor.
- have: Java has no destructor or similar concept, so you must create an ordinary method to perform this cleanup.
- use: If we wished to use these destructors, how could we implement them?
- define: If the element type defines a destructor, the destructor is called on the element being removed.
- make: Item 14: Make destructors virtual in base classes.
Preposition: on
element: Calls the destructor on all elements of self and replaces them by copying all elements of s.
Adjective modifier
- virtual: I am getting an odd linker error to so with virtual destructors and I'm not sure what the problem could be.
- associated: Here's an example that demonstrates that constructors that aren't completed don't have the associated destructors called.
- base-class: Then when the " letter " base-class destructor is called, you get delete 0, which by definition does nothing.
- s: Normally, you might say that it's a virtual call, so Square ' s destructor will be called.
Modifies a noun
- function: The desc argument can be used to pass extra callback data for the destructor function.
- call: The class X uses both inheritance and composition to create a class that has an interesting order of constructor and destructor calls.
- procedure: To allow the Intrinsics to deallocate resources produced by type converters, a resource destructor procedure may also be provided.
- operation: Destructor operation The activities of destruction in this scheme are also tricky.
Noun used with modifier
- refuse: A refuse destructor which had also been installed provided heat to generate steam for the machinery.
- dust: Being taken to the " dust destructor " by a Scammell Scarab three wheeled ' mechanical horse ' .
- object: On most other systems, they are killed without executing try... finally clauses or executing object destructors.
- resource: To allow the Intrinsics to deallocate resources produced by type converters, a resource destructor procedure may also be provided.
Preposition: in
hierarchy: With a destructor, however, all destructors in the hierarchy must be called.
Preposition: for
object: The destructors for such objects pop the context off the context stack immediately.
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