How do you pronounce RAII?

Question

RAII (=resource acquisition is initialization) is used heavily in C++. I'm not a native speaker. So, how do you pronounce it?

Answer 1

FWIW I always say the letters R-A-I-I (arr eh eye eye).

Also, FWIW I've always hated that term - as Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer would say, it "frightens and confuses me".

The important thing is that the resource gets released when the object is destroyed. But that doesn't lead to any better acronym.

Answer 2

I generally pronounce it like I'm spelling it aloud.. R-A-I-I.

Answer 3

AR AY DUBL I

Answer 4

I have always wondered the same thing !!!

So two people suggests "the letters R-A-I-I (arr eh eye eye)"

One "IEEE like" (AR AY DUBLE I)

I will come back in a day or two and check out the "votes" :)

Thanks /Jonas

Answer 5

I'm not a native speaker. So, how do you pronounce it?

You mean there are native C++ speakers!?