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Destructor

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

nounCommon term

In software engineering, destructor means: A special operation associated with the end of an object's lifetime, commonly used to release resources owned by that object.

In Turkish: yıkıcı metot

How it is used

Common in C++ resource management discussions. Do not assume every language runs destructors at a predictable time or supports them in the same way.

Example sentences

  1. The destructor releases the file handle owned by this object.

  2. Our C++ test checks that the destructor runs when the object leaves scope.

Common collocations

  • virtual destructor
  • invoke a destructor
  • destructor execution
  • classIn object-oriented programming, a template that defines the data and behavior of a type of object, such as a User or an Invoice.
  • objectA unit in a program that groups related data and the functions that work on it, for example a user object with a name, an email and a login method.
  • memory leakA bug where a program keeps memory it no longer needs, so its memory use grows over time until it slows down or crashes.

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