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destroy() Example

Explore how destroy() in D manages destructor calls explicitly to ensure timely resource cleanup. Understand differences between structs and classes in destructor behavior and how destroy() can enforce desired program output.

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Example

We had designed an XmlElement struct in the constructor and other special functions chapter. We were using that struct for printing XML elements in the format value. Printing the closing tag was the responsibility of the destructor:

struct XmlElement { 
    // ...
    ~this() {
...