Editing Object lifetime (section)

===C++===

A [[C++]] class can be declared with defaults as:

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class Foo {};
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When declared in an automatic context, the object is destroyed at the close of the block it is declared.

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int bar() {
  Foo foo;
  // foo is destroyed here
}
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When created dynamically, it lives until it is explicitly destroyed.

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int bar() {
  Foo *pFoo = new Foo();
  delete pFoo;
}
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