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authorpracticalswift <practicalswift@users.noreply.github.com>2018-09-21 11:03:21 +0200
committerpracticalswift <practicalswift@users.noreply.github.com>2018-09-21 11:03:21 +0200
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- *Rationale*: This avoids memory and resource leaks, and ensures exception safety
+- Use `MakeUnique()` to construct objects owned by `unique_ptr`s
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+ - *Rationale*: `MakeUnique` is concise and ensures exception safety in complex expressions.
+ `MakeUnique` is a temporary project local implementation of `std::make_unique` (C++14).
+
C++ data structures
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