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[Holger Rapp <HolgerRapp@xxxxxxx>]

That is exactly what it means. The object owns the pointer and deletes it. Much safer than dealing with bare pointers yourself. 


> Am 06.10.2014 um 09:23 schrieb Tibor Bamhor <tiborb95@xxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> This I read. 
> 
> "The lifetime of an object managed by const std::unique_ptr is limited to the scope in which the pointer was created." 
> 
> It implies that no delete of anything is needed, but I was not sure.
> 
> 
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> 2014-10-06 9:13 GMT+02:00 Holger Rapp <HolgerRapp@xxxxxxx>:
>> rtfm:
>> http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/memory/unique_ptr
>> 
>> 
>>> On 06.10.2014, at 09:08, Tibor Bamhor <tiborb95@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi, 
>>> 
>>> small question, I am using unique pointer, this way:
>>> 
>>> std::unique_ptr<Path> path2 (new Path());
>>> 
>>> Is it necessary to call any 'delete' on the end of scope (end of curly braces)?
>>> 
>>> Probably not, I think.....
>>> 
>>> Thanks
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