When I have an unique pointer to a single object, I can delete it with reset():
std::unique_ptr<char> variable(new char);
variable.reset();
However, this does not work for an std::unique_ptr containing an array. Why? What is the proper way to delete such pointer?
I am using Embarcadero C++ Builder 10.1. and the relevant standard is C++11.
My observations
When I have an unique pointer containing an array, this fails to compile:
std::unique_ptr<char[]> variable(new char[10]);
variable.reset();
Error message is no matching function to call for 'reset'.
This also fails:
std::unique_ptr<char[]> variable(new char[10]);
variable.reset(nullptr);
Error messages are cannot initialize a variable of type 'pointer' (aka 'char *') with an lvalue of type '<bound member function type>' and assigning to '<bound member function type>' from incompatible type '_Null_ptr_type' (aka 'nullptr_t').
This compiles:
std::unique_ptr<char[]> variable(new char[10]);
variable = nullptr;
Relevant code from <memory>
_Myt& operator=(_Null_ptr_type) _NOEXCEPT
{ // assign a null pointer
reset(pointer());
return (*this);
}
_NOINLINE void reset(_Null_ptr_type _Ptr) _NOEXCEPT
{ // establish new null pointer
pointer _Old = this->_Myptr;
this->_Myptr = _Ptr;
if (_Old != pointer())
this->get_deleter()(_Old);
}
template<class _Uty,
class = _Enable_ctor_reset<_Uty> >
void reset(_Uty _Ptr) _NOEXCEPT
{ // establish new pointer
pointer _Old = get();
this->_Myptr() = _Ptr;
if (_Old != pointer())
this->get_deleter()(_Old);
}
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