Destructor is a special method in object-oriented programming that gets called when an object is being destroyed or deallocated. It's the opposite of a constructor, which sets up the object when it's created, while the destructor tears it down like a wrecking ball when it's no longer needed.

How to use it in a sentence

• "I added a destructor to the DatabaseConnection class to make sure it always closes the connection, even if some knucklehead forgets to call close() explicitly."

• "Looks like the LogFile class has a memory leak - better add a destructor to flush the buffer and free the memory, otherwise it'll blow up faster than Twitter after an Elon tweet!"

If you actually want to learn more...

• Dealing with Properties: This article dives into issues around accessing fields in objects, including how destructors play a role in cleaning up when an object is destroyed. It's a bit dense, but hey, you wanted to learn more.

• Refactoring: This classic book on improving code structure touches on destructors in various places, in the context of making sure objects clean up after themselves. Worth a read if you want to level up your coding skills beyond just banging out lines of code.

• Aggregate Oriented Database: While not directly about destructors, this article explores how databases handle data lifecycles, including deleting data when it's no longer needed. Kind of like how destructors handle cleaning up objects in memory.

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