---
date: 2020-09-29
id: a5820942-f47a-4a5e-ba83-33916cc24674
title: Drop Trait
---

# Introduction

`Drop` lets you customize what happens when a value is about to go out
of scope, ie: to release resources like files or network connections.

# Example

``` rust
struct CustomSmartPointer {
    data: String,
}

impl Drop for CustomSmartPointer {
    fn drop(&mut self) {
        println!("Dropping CustomSmartPointer with data `{}`!", self.data);
    }
}

fn main() {
    let _c = CustomSmartPointer {
        data: String::from("my stuff"),
    };
    let _d = CustomSmartPointer {
        data: String::from("other stuff"),
    };
    println!("CustomSmartPointers created.");
}
```