std::money_get::~money_get(3)

🌸 NAME 🌸

std::money_get::~money_get — std::money_get::~money_get

okay so this page is std::money_get::~money_get(3), and it lives in the C++ Standard Libary manual (yep, that spelling is in the header, bestie — we are not touching it 💅). It's giving “tiny destructor page with serious access-control energy.” 🎀

✨ Synopsis ✨

• Defined in header <locale>

protected: ~money_get();

This destructor is protected and virtual — the virtual part is due to base class destructor being virtual, iykyk. It destructs a std::money_get facet 🧚.

So here's the vibe: an object of type std::money_get, like most facets, can only be destroyed when the last std::locale object that implements this facet goes out of scope — or if a user-defined class is derived from std::money_get and implements a public destructor. That's the whole rule, fr fr. 🫶

🎀 Example 🎀

Run this code, bestie:

// Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <locale>

struct Destructible_money_get : public std::money_get<wchar_t>
{
    Destructible_money_get(std::size_t refs = 0) : money_get(refs) {}
    // note: the implicit destructor is public
};

int main()
{
    Destructible_money_get dc;
    // std::money_get<wchar_t> c; // compile error: protected destructor
}

Not me leaving that // compile error: protected destructor comment right there 💀 It's literally the plot twist: protected destructor says “bestie, no 💅.”

that's the whole vibe — signing off from http://cppreference.com, version 2024.06.10, on this very std::money_get::~money_get(3) page 🫶✨🌈