memory-functions_1.cpp

class Animal
{
private:
    std::wstring genus;
    std::wstring species;
    int age;
    double weight;
public:
    Animal(const wstring&, const wstring&, int, double){/*...*/ }
    Animal(){}
};

void MakeAnimals()
{
    // Use the Animal default constructor.
    unique_ptr<Animal> p1 = make_unique<Animal>();

    // Use the constructor that matches these arguments
    auto p2 = make_unique<Animal>(L"Felis", L"Catus", 12, 16.5);

    // Create a unique_ptr to an array of 5 Animals
    unique_ptr<Animal[]> p3 = make_unique<Animal[]>(5);

    // Initialize the elements
    p3[0] = Animal(L"Rattus", L"norvegicus", 3, 2.1);
    p3[1] = Animal(L"Corynorhinus", L"townsendii", 4, 1.08);

    // auto p4 = p2; //C2280

    vector<unique_ptr<Animal>> vec;
    // vec.push_back(p2); //C2280
    // vector<unique_ptr<Animal>> vec2 = vec; // C2280

    // OK. p2 no longer points to anything
    vec.push_back(std::move(p2)); 

    // unique_ptr overloads operator bool
    wcout << boolalpha << (p2 == false) << endl; // Prints "true"

    // OK but now you have two pointers to the same memory location
    Animal* pAnimal = p2.get();

    // OK. p2 no longer points to anything
    Animal* p5 = p2.release();
}