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A destructor function can have zero to many parameters.
A) True
B) False

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Final answer:

The claim that a destructor can have parameters is incorrect. Destructors in object-oriented programming, such as C++, have no parameters and are used to release resources when an object goes out of scope.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement that a destructor function can have zero to many parameters is false. In object-oriented programming, a destructor is a special member function of a class that is executed whenever an object of its class goes out of scope or is explicitly deleted. In languages like C++, the destructor is defined with the same name as the class but prefixed with a tilde (~), and it cannot take any parameters.

Destructors are meant to release resources that the object may have acquired during its lifetime. This is important to prevent resource leaks, such as memory leaks if the object has allocated memory that needs to be released.

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