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From: obi@finnbogi.ocs.com (Obi Thomas)
Subject: Re: Guaranteed order of destruction for auto objects?
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In article <C4vJy3.5FH@finnbogi.ocs.com>, I asked
> Does the standard guarantee the order of calling destructors for automatic
> objects?

I found the answer on page 171 (Section 5.5.1) of "The C++ Programming
Language, 2nd ed."

"Destructors for local variables are executed in reverse order of their
construction."