Basic OpenGL Texture RAII

// Generate tag. Inspired by C++'s lock tags: http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/thread/lock_tag
struct generate_t {};
constexpr generate_t generate;


class texture {
public:
    // OpenGL identifies textures by an integer "name". Ref: https://www.opengl.org/sdk/docs/man/html/glGenTextures.xhtml
    GLuint name;
    
    // The name "0" is special and denotes an invalid texture. Ref: https://www.opengl.org/sdk/docs/man/html/glDeleteTextures.xhtml
    texture() name{0} {}
    // name now references an OpenGL texture. Can not fail. Ref: https://www.opengl.org/sdk/docs/man/html/glGenTextures.xhtml
    texture( generate_t ) { glGenTextures(1, &name); }
    // Non-copyable.
    texture( const texture& ) = delete;
    // Deletes the OpenGL texture. Ignores the name "0". Ref: https://www.opengl.org/sdk/docs/man/html/glDeleteTextures.xhtml
    ~texture() { glDeleteTextures(1, &name); } //
    
    // Convenience cast.
    operator GLuint() const { return name; }
};



int main () { 
    // Default-construct a texture. No actual OpenGL calls are issued
    texture my_non_texture;
    
    // Generate-construct a texture.
    texture my_actual_texture{generate};
    
    // Use the actual texture. Just straight-up OpenGL calls
    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, my_actual_texture);
    
    // ...All textures are deleted when out of scope. Never forget a glDeleteTextures call again!
}

Thanks :) I've been looking for a design like this ! Though I would use unique-ptr-s with deleter classes...