Using std::make_unique with a custom deleter

Question

In using std::unique_ptr with a custom deleter I desire to use std::make_unique rather than a raw new. I am using VC++2013. It appears to me that

Answer 1

As far as I know there is no make_unique function in the C++11 standard. See

• Why does C++11 have `make_shared` but not `make_unique`
• make_unique and perfect forwarding

So I would assume that the make_unique is an implementation from Microsoft that is at least not included in the standard.

But nevertheless you can use a custom deleter with unique_ptr. When using unique_ptr you have to specify the type of the deleter as a second template argument and then pass an appropriate object to the constructor.