Theres about a bajillion little edge cases and quirks that go along with it though, most of which you only realise when you’ve been bitten by them. ;D (although I am probably exagerating somewhat).
Just take care of assignment and copy operations and you should avoid most of the edges and quirks.
I had never heard of RAII before you mentioned it, so I googled it. I’m sure it’s more complicated than I think. =)