Can lazy loading be considered an example of RAII?

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Published on 2012-09-27T15:30:48Z Indexed on 2012/09/27 15:37 UTC
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I have been catching up on my c++ lately, after a couple years of exclusive Objective-C on iOS, and the topic that comes up most on 'new style' c++ is RAII

To make sure I understand RAII concept correctly, would you consider Objective-C lazy loading property accessors a type of RAII? For example, check the following access method

- (NSArray *)items {
    if(_items==nil) {
        _items=[[NSArray alloc] initWithCapacity:10];
    }
    return _items
}

Would this be considered an example of RAII? If not, can you please explain where I'm mistaken?

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