Proper way to create unique_ptr that holds an allocated array

Question

What is the proper way to create an unique_ptr that holds an array that is allocated on the free store? Visual studio 2013 supports this by default, but when I use gcc versi

Answer 1

Use the array version :

auto testData = std::unique_ptr{ new unsigned char[16000] };

Or with c++14, a better form ( VS2013 already has it ):

auto testData = std::make_unique( 16000 );