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# Destructors

r[destructors.intro]
When an [initialized] [variable] or [temporary] goes out of
[scope](#drop-scopes), its *destructor* is run, or it is *dropped*. [Assignment]
also runs the destructor of its left-hand operand, if it's initialized. If a
variable has been partially initialized, only its initialized fields are
dropped.

r[destructors.operation]
The destructor of a type `T` consists of:

1. If `T: Drop`, calling [`<T as std::ops::Drop>::drop`](std::ops::Drop::drop)
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* [Trait objects] run the destructor of the underlying type.
* Other types don't result in any further drops.

r[destructors.drop_in_place]
If a destructor must be run manually, such as when implementing your own smart
pointer, [`std::ptr::drop_in_place`] can be used.

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## Drop scopes

r[destructors.scope]

r[destructors.scope.intro]
Each variable or temporary is associated to a *drop scope*. When control flow
leaves a drop scope all variables associated to that scope are dropped in
reverse order of declaration (for variables) or creation (for temporaries).

r[destructors.scope.desugaring]
Drop scopes are determined after replacing [`for`], [`if let`], and
[`while let`] expressions with the equivalent expressions using [`match`].

r[destructors.scope.operators]
Overloaded operators are not distinguished from built-in operators and [binding
modes] are not considered.

r[destructors.scope.list]
Given a function, or closure, there are drop scopes for:

r[destructors.scope.function]
* The entire function

r[destructors.scope.statement]
* Each [statement]

r[destructors.scope.expression]
* Each [expression]

r[destructors.scope.block]
* Each block, including the function body
* In the case of a [block expression], the scope for the block and the
expression are the same scope.

r[destructors.scope.match-arm]
* Each arm of a `match` expression

r[destructors.scope.nesting]
Drop scopes are nested within one another as follows. When multiple scopes are
left at once, such as when returning from a function, variables are dropped
from the inside outwards.

r[destructors.scope.nesting.function]
* The entire function scope is the outer most scope.

r[destructors.scope.nesting.function-body]
* The function body block is contained within the scope of the entire function.

r[destructors.scope.nesting.expr-statement]
* The parent of the expression in an expression statement is the scope of the
statement.

r[destructors.scope.nesting.let-initializer]
* The parent of the initializer of a [`let` statement] is the `let` statement's
scope.

r[destructors.scope.nesting.statement]
* The parent of a statement scope is the scope of the block that contains the
statement.

r[destructors.scope.nesting.match-guard]
* The parent of the expression for a `match` guard is the scope of the arm that
the guard is for.

r[destructors.scope.nesting.match-arm]
* The parent of the expression after the `=>` in a `match` expression is the
scope of the arm that it's in.

r[destructors.scope.nesting.match]
* The parent of the arm scope is the scope of the `match` expression that it
belongs to.

r[destructors.scope.nesting.other]
* The parent of all other scopes is the scope of the immediately enclosing
expression.

### Scopes of function parameters

r[destructors.scope.params]

All function parameters are in the scope of the entire function body, so are
dropped last when evaluating the function. Each actual function parameter is
dropped after any bindings introduced in that parameter's pattern.
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### Scopes of local variables

r[destructors.scope.bindings]

r[destructors.scope.bindings.intro]
Local variables declared in a `let` statement are associated to the scope of
the block that contains the `let` statement. Local variables declared in a
`match` expression are associated to the arm scope of the `match` arm that they
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let declared_last = PrintOnDrop("Dropped first in outer scope");
```

r[destructors.scope.bindings.match-pattern-order]
If multiple patterns are used in the same arm for a `match` expression, then an
unspecified pattern will be used to determine the drop order.

### Temporary scopes

r[destructors.scope.temporary]

r[destructors.scope.temporary.intro]
The *temporary scope* of an expression is the scope that is used for the
temporary variable that holds the result of that expression when used in a
[place context], unless it is [promoted].

r[destructors.scope.temporary.enclosing]
Apart from lifetime extension, the temporary scope of an expression is the
smallest scope that contains the expression and is one of the following:

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### Operands

r[destructors.scope.operands]

Temporaries are also created to hold the result of operands to an expression
while the other operands are evaluated. The temporaries are associated to the
scope of the expression with that operand. Since the temporaries are moved from
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### Constant promotion

r[destructors.scope.const-promotion]

Promotion of a value expression to a `'static` slot occurs when the expression
could be written in a constant and borrowed, and that borrow could be dereferenced
where
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### Temporary lifetime extension

r[destructors.scope.lifetime-extension]

> **Note**: The exact rules for temporary lifetime extension are subject to
> change. This is describing the current behavior only.
r[destructors.scope.lifetime-extension.let]
The temporary scopes for expressions in `let` statements are sometimes
*extended* to the scope of the block containing the `let` statement. This is
done when the usual temporary scope would be too small, based on certain
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println!("{}", x);
```

r[destructors.scope.lifetime-extension.sub-expressions]
If a [borrow][borrow expression], [dereference][dereference expression],
[field][field expression], or [tuple indexing expression] has an extended
temporary scope then so does its operand. If an [indexing expression] has an
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#### Extending based on patterns

r[destructors.scope.lifetime-extension.patterns]

r[destructors.scope.lifetime-extension.patterns.extending]
An *extending pattern* is either

* An [identifier pattern] that binds by reference or mutable reference.
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So `ref x`, `V(ref x)` and `[ref x, y]` are all extending patterns, but `x`,
`&ref x` and `&(ref x,)` are not.

r[destructors.scope.lifetime-extension.patterns.let]
If the pattern in a `let` statement is an extending pattern then the temporary
scope of the initializer expression is extended.

#### Extending based on expressions

r[destructors.scope.lifetime-extension.exprs]

For a let statement with an initializer, an *extending expression* is an
expression which is one of the following:

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## Not running destructors

r[destructors.forget]

[`std::mem::forget`] can be used to prevent the destructor of a variable from being run,
and [`std::mem::ManuallyDrop`] provides a wrapper to prevent a
variable or field from being dropped automatically.
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