make_unique and perfect forwarding

Question

Why is there no std::make_unique function template in the standard C++11 library? I find

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Answer 1

Herb Sutter, chair of the C++ standardization committee, writes on his blog:

That C++11 doesn’t include make_unique is partly an oversight, and it will almost certainly be added in the future.

He also gives an implementation that is identical with the one given by the OP.

Edit: std::make_unique now is part of C++14.