std::unique_ptr::~unique_ptr

~unique_ptr();		(since C++11)

If get() == nullptr there are no effects. Otherwise, the owned object is destroyed via get_deleter()(get()).

Requires that get_deleter()(get()) does not throw exceptions.

[edit] Notes

Although std::unique_ptr<T> with the default deleter may be constructed with incomplete type T, the type T must be complete at the point of code where the destructor is called.

[edit] Example

The following program demonstrates usage of a custom deleter.

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
 
int main () 
{
    auto deleter = [](int* ptr){
        std::cout << "[deleter called]\n";
        delete ptr;
    };
 
    std::unique_ptr<int,decltype(deleter)> uniq(new int, deleter);
    std::cout << (uniq ? "not empty\n" : "empty\n");
    uniq.reset();
    std::cout << (uniq ? "not empty\n" : "empty\n");
}

Output:

not empty
[deleter called]
empty

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unique_ptr::get
unique_ptr::get_deleter
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unique_ptr::operator[]
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make_unique (C++14)
operator==operator!=operator<operator>operator<=operator>operator>=
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