Is there a way to write make_unique() in VS2012?

Question

Herb Sutter propose a simple implementation of make_unique() there: http://herbsutter.com/gotw/_102/

Here it is:

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Answer 1

I know I am late to the party here, but I just came across this. I have been doing this with a one-liner macro (and is VS2012 compatible):

#define MAKE_UNIQUE(T, ...) std::unique_ptr(new T(__VA_ARGS__))

Or less portable, but you can pass in empty params

#define MAKE_UNIQUE(T, ...) std::unique_ptr(new T(##__VA_ARGS__))

Use like this:

// MAKE_UNIQUE takes the type followed by the arguments list ...
std::unique_ptr pPointer = MAKE_UNIQUE(MyClass, param_1, param_2, ..., param_n);