From c1e40697060a4f689ff9ee70e830eb93a09fa145 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rongsong Shen <rshen@shenrs.eu>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:26:22 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] add destroy_() for better support reference API

---
 include/rtti/typeinfo.h |  1 +
 src/create.c            | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/rtti/typeinfo.h b/include/rtti/typeinfo.h
index c845489..ef95cb9 100644
--- a/include/rtti/typeinfo.h
+++ b/include/rtti/typeinfo.h
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ struct meta_obj_ {
 
 extern var         makeInstance(typeinfo_t*, ...);
 extern void        destroy(var);
+extern void        destroy_(var, obj_destroy_fn_t);
 extern int         is_rtti_obj(var);
 extern typeinfo_t* typeOf(var);
 extern int         instanceOf(var, typeinfo_t*);
diff --git a/src/create.c b/src/create.c
index 52c1bc8..0a01b8c 100644
--- a/src/create.c
+++ b/src/create.c
@@ -56,10 +56,32 @@ var makeInstance(typeinfo_t* type, ...)
     return obj->data;
 }
 
+static void objDestroy_(meta_obj_t* obj, obj_destroy_fn_t killer)
+{
+    void* p = NULL;
+
+    if (killer != NULL) {
+        killer(obj);
+    }
+
+    p = RTTI_OBJ_TO_PRIV(obj);
+    free(p);
+}
+
+void destroy_(var v, obj_destroy_fn_t killer)
+{
+    meta_obj_t* obj = RTTI_DATA_TO_OBJ(v);
+
+    if (RTTI_OBJ_INVALID(obj)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    objDestroy_(obj, killer);
+}
+
 void destroy(var v)
 {
     typeinfo_t* type = NULL;
-    void*       p    = NULL;
     meta_obj_t* obj  = NULL;
 
     obj = RTTI_DATA_TO_OBJ(v);
@@ -72,12 +94,7 @@ void destroy(var v)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (type->destroy != NULL) {
-        type->destroy(obj);
-    }
-
-    p = RTTI_OBJ_TO_PRIV(obj);
-    free(p);
+    objDestroy_(obj, type->destroy);
 
     return;
 }