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unique_ptr boost equivalent?

Asked 2010-06-01T21:37:17.343
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Is there some equivalent class for C++1x's std::unique_ptr in the boost libraries? The behavior I'm looking for is being able to have an exception-safe factory function, like so...

std::unique_ptr<Base> create_base()
{
    return std::unique_ptr<Base>(new Derived);
}

void some_other_function()
{
    std::unique_ptr<Base> b = create_base();

    // Do some stuff with b that may or may not throw an exception...

    // Now b is destructed automagically.
}

EDIT: Right now, I'm using this hack, which seems like the best I can get at this point...

Base* create_base()
{
    return new Derived;
}

void some_other_function()
{
    boost::scoped_ptr<Base> b = create_base();

    // Do some stuff with b that may or may not throw an exception...

    // Now b is deleted automagically.
}
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How about unique_ptr from the interprocess library?

answered 2010-06-01T21:39:09.037

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