The Boost C++ Libraries
RAII stands for Resource Acquisition Is Initialization. The idea behind this idiom: for any resource acquired, an object should be initialized that will own that resource and close it in the destructor. Smart pointers are a prominent example of RAII. They help avoid memory leaks. The following libraries provide smart pointers and other tools to help you manage memory more easily.
Boost.SmartPointers defines smart pointers. Some of them are provided by the C++11 standard library. Others are only available in Boost.
Boost.PointerContainer defines containers to store dynamically allocated objects – objects that are created with new. Because the containers from this library destroy objects with delete in the destructor, no smart pointers need to be used.
Boost.ScopeExit makes it possible to use the RAII idiom for any resources. While Boost.SmartPointers and Boost.PointerContainer can only be used with pointers to dynamically allocated objects, with Boost.ScopeExit no resource-specific classes need to be used.
Boost.Pool has nothing to do with RAII, but it has a lot to do with memory management. This library defines numerous classes to provide memory to your program faster.