On 11/28/23 15:59, Frederick Virchanza Gotham via Std-Proposals wrote:

> But this isn't about the one program that I wrote. I think in general
> an 'std::optional' should be able to abandon its object.

Today you need it for std::optional, tomorrow for std::vector or some
other type. Consider writing your own wrapper with an abandon function,
so that (i) you can use it with other standard library types, and (ii)
we do not have extend standard library types with functions to create
resource leaks.