C++ Coding Standard

Rule: OAL#004

Synopsis:	In case allocated memory has to be deallocated later by someone else, use a unique_ptr with move semantics
Language:	C++
Severity Level:	1
Category:	Object Allocation

Description:

Example:


std::unique_ptr<Foo> createFoo() {
  std::unique_ptr<Foo> ptr(new Foo); 
  // return unique pointer to Foo
  return ptr;
}

void m() {
  auto foo = createFoo();
  // transfer ownership of foo to bar
  Bar bar(std::move(foo));
}