Archived:Symbian does not call global object destructors (Known Issue)

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Symbian does not invoke destructors of C++ global objects upon program termination.

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Compatibility

Platform(s): S60 3rd Edition
S60 3rd Edition, FP1 and FP2

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Created: User:Technical writer 1 (12 Jun 2008)

Last edited: hamishwillee (19 Jun 2012)

How to reproduce

In the code below, the destructor ~foo() is never called.

  #include <iostream>
  using namespace std; 
 
class foo
    {
public:
    foo()
    {
     cout <<"Entering foo\n"; 
    }
 
~foo()
      {
      cout <<"Leaving foo\n";
      }
};
 
foo foo_bar;
 
int main(void)
  {
  return 0;
  }

Solution

No known solution. At the moment, it is advised not to perform any important operations using destructors.