mfbt/UniquePtr.h

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   6
   7 /* Smart pointer managing sole ownership of a resource. */
   8
   9 #ifndef mozilla_UniquePtr_h
  10 #define mozilla_UniquePtr_h
  11
  12 #include <type_traits>
  13 #include <utility>
  14
  15 #include "mozilla/Assertions.h"
  16 #include "mozilla/Attributes.h"
  17 #include "mozilla/CompactPair.h"
  18 #include "mozilla/Compiler.h"
  19
  20 namespace mozilla {
  21
  22 template <typename T>
  23 class DefaultDelete;
  24 template <typename T, class D = DefaultDelete<T>>
  25 class UniquePtr;
  26
  27 }  // namespace mozilla
  28
  29 namespace mozilla {
  30
  31 namespace detail {
  32
  33 struct HasPointerTypeHelper {
  34   template <class U>
  35   static double Test(...);
  36   template <class U>
  37   static char Test(typename U::pointer* = 0);
  38 };
  39
  40 template <class T>
  41 class HasPointerType
  42     : public std::integral_constant<bool, sizeof(HasPointerTypeHelper::Test<T>(
  43                                               0)) == 1> {};
  44
  45 template <class T, class D, bool = HasPointerType<D>::value>
  46 struct PointerTypeImpl {
  47   typedef typename D::pointer Type;
  48 };
  49
  50 template <class T, class D>
  51 struct PointerTypeImpl<T, D, false> {
  52   typedef T* Type;
  53 };
  54
  55 template <class T, class D>
  56 struct PointerType {
  57   typedef typename PointerTypeImpl<T, std::remove_reference_t<D>>::Type Type;
  58 };
  59
  60 }  // namespace detail
  61
  62 /**
  63  * UniquePtr is a smart pointer that wholly owns a resource.  Ownership may be
  64  * transferred out of a UniquePtr through explicit action, but otherwise the
  65  * resource is destroyed when the UniquePtr is destroyed.
  66  *
  67  * UniquePtr is similar to C++98's std::auto_ptr, but it improves upon auto_ptr
  68  * in one crucial way: it's impossible to copy a UniquePtr.  Copying an auto_ptr
  69  * obviously *can't* copy ownership of its singly-owned resource.  So what
  70  * happens if you try to copy one?  Bizarrely, ownership is implicitly
  71  * *transferred*, preserving single ownership but breaking code that assumes a
  72  * copy of an object is identical to the original.  (This is why auto_ptr is
  73  * prohibited in STL containers.)
  74  *
  75  * UniquePtr solves this problem by being *movable* rather than copyable.
  76  * Instead of passing a |UniquePtr u| directly to the constructor or assignment
  77  * operator, you pass |Move(u)|.  In doing so you indicate that you're *moving*
  78  * ownership out of |u|, into the target of the construction/assignment.  After
  79  * the transfer completes, |u| contains |nullptr| and may be safely destroyed.
  80  * This preserves single ownership but also allows UniquePtr to be moved by
  81  * algorithms that have been made move-safe.  (Note: if |u| is instead a
  82  * temporary expression, don't use |Move()|: just pass the expression, because
  83  * it's already move-ready.  For more information see Move.h.)
  84  *
  85  * UniquePtr is also better than std::auto_ptr in that the deletion operation is
  86  * customizable.  An optional second template parameter specifies a class that
  87  * (through its operator()(T*)) implements the desired deletion policy.  If no
  88  * policy is specified, mozilla::DefaultDelete<T> is used -- which will either
  89  * |delete| or |delete[]| the resource, depending whether the resource is an
  90  * array.  Custom deletion policies ideally should be empty classes (no member
  91  * fields, no member fields in base classes, no virtual methods/inheritance),
  92  * because then UniquePtr can be just as efficient as a raw pointer.
  93  *
  94  * Use of UniquePtr proceeds like so:
  95  *
  96  *   UniquePtr<int> g1; // initializes to nullptr
  97  *   g1.reset(new int); // switch resources using reset()
  98  *   g1 = nullptr; // clears g1, deletes the int
  99  *
 100  *   UniquePtr<int> g2(new int); // owns that int
 101  *   int* p = g2.release(); // g2 leaks its int -- still requires deletion
 102  *   delete p; // now freed
 103  *
 104  *   struct S { int x; S(int x) : x(x) {} };
 105  *   UniquePtr<S> g3, g4(new S(5));
 106  *   g3 = std::move(g4); // g3 owns the S, g4 cleared
 107  *   S* p = g3.get(); // g3 still owns |p|
 108  *   assert(g3->x == 5); // operator-> works (if .get() != nullptr)
 109  *   assert((*g3).x == 5); // also operator* (again, if not cleared)
 110  *   std::swap(g3, g4); // g4 now owns the S, g3 cleared
 111  *   g3.swap(g4);  // g3 now owns the S, g4 cleared
 112  *   UniquePtr<S> g5(std::move(g3)); // g5 owns the S, g3 cleared
 113  *   g5.reset(); // deletes the S, g5 cleared
 114  *
 115  *   struct FreePolicy { void operator()(void* p) { free(p); } };
 116  *   UniquePtr<int, FreePolicy> g6(static_cast<int*>(malloc(sizeof(int))));
 117  *   int* ptr = g6.get();
 118  *   g6 = nullptr; // calls free(ptr)
 119  *
 120  * Now, carefully note a few things you *can't* do:
 121  *
 122  *   UniquePtr<int> b1;
 123  *   b1 = new int; // BAD: can only assign another UniquePtr
 124  *   int* ptr = b1; // BAD: no auto-conversion to pointer, use get()
 125  *
 126  *   UniquePtr<int> b2(b1); // BAD: can't copy a UniquePtr
 127  *   UniquePtr<int> b3 = b1; // BAD: can't copy-assign a UniquePtr
 128  *
 129  * (Note that changing a UniquePtr to store a direct |new| expression is
 130  * permitted, but usually you should use MakeUnique, defined at the end of this
 131  * header.)
 132  *
 133  * A few miscellaneous notes:
 134  *
 135  * UniquePtr, when not instantiated for an array type, can be move-constructed
 136  * and move-assigned, not only from itself but from "derived" UniquePtr<U, E>
 137  * instantiations where U converts to T and E converts to D.  If you want to use
 138  * this, you're going to have to specify a deletion policy for both UniquePtr
 139  * instantations, and T pretty much has to have a virtual destructor.  In other
 140  * words, this doesn't work:
 141  *
 142  *   struct Base { virtual ~Base() {} };
 143  *   struct Derived : Base {};
 144  *
 145  *   UniquePtr<Base> b1;
 146  *   // BAD: DefaultDelete<Base> and DefaultDelete<Derived> don't interconvert
 147  *   UniquePtr<Derived> d1(std::move(b));
 148  *
 149  *   UniquePtr<Base> b2;
 150  *   UniquePtr<Derived, DefaultDelete<Base>> d2(std::move(b2)); // okay
 151  *
 152  * UniquePtr is specialized for array types.  Specializing with an array type
 153  * creates a smart-pointer version of that array -- not a pointer to such an
 154  * array.
 155  *
 156  *   UniquePtr<int[]> arr(new int[5]);
 157  *   arr[0] = 4;
 158  *
 159  * What else is different?  Deletion of course uses |delete[]|.  An operator[]
 160  * is provided.  Functionality that doesn't make sense for arrays is removed.
 161  * The constructors and mutating methods only accept array pointers (not T*, U*
 162  * that converts to T*, or UniquePtr<U[]> or UniquePtr<U>) or |nullptr|.
 163  *
 164  * It's perfectly okay for a function to return a UniquePtr. This transfers
 165  * the UniquePtr's sole ownership of the data, to the fresh UniquePtr created
 166  * in the calling function, that will then solely own that data. Such functions
 167  * can return a local variable UniquePtr, |nullptr|, |UniquePtr(ptr)| where
 168  * |ptr| is a |T*|, or a UniquePtr |Move()|'d from elsewhere.
 169  *
 170  * UniquePtr will commonly be a member of a class, with lifetime equivalent to
 171  * that of that class.  If you want to expose the related resource, you could
 172  * expose a raw pointer via |get()|, but ownership of a raw pointer is
 173  * inherently unclear.  So it's better to expose a |const UniquePtr&| instead.
 174  * This prohibits mutation but still allows use of |get()| when needed (but
 175  * operator-> is preferred).  Of course, you can only use this smart pointer as
 176  * long as the enclosing class instance remains live -- no different than if you
 177  * exposed the |get()| raw pointer.
 178  *
 179  * To pass a UniquePtr-managed resource as a pointer, use a |const UniquePtr&|
 180  * argument.  To specify an inout parameter (where the method may or may not
 181  * take ownership of the resource, or reset it), or to specify an out parameter
 182  * (where simply returning a |UniquePtr| isn't possible), use a |UniquePtr&|
 183  * argument.  To unconditionally transfer ownership of a UniquePtr
 184  * into a method, use a |UniquePtr| argument.  To conditionally transfer
 185  * ownership of a resource into a method, should the method want it, use a
 186  * |UniquePtr&&| argument.
 187  */
 188 template <typename T, class D>
 189 class UniquePtr {
 190  public:
 191   typedef T ElementType;
 192   typedef D DeleterType;
 193   typedef typename detail::PointerType<T, DeleterType>::Type Pointer;
 194
 195  private:
 196   mozilla::CompactPair<Pointer, DeleterType> mTuple;
 197
 198   Pointer& ptr() { return mTuple.first(); }
 199   const Pointer& ptr() const { return mTuple.first(); }
 200
 201   DeleterType& del() { return mTuple.second(); }
 202   const DeleterType& del() const { return mTuple.second(); }
 203
 204  public:
 205   /**
 206    * Construct a UniquePtr containing |nullptr|.
 207    */
 208   constexpr UniquePtr() : mTuple(static_cast<Pointer>(nullptr), DeleterType()) {
 209     static_assert(!std::is_pointer_v<D>, "must provide a deleter instance");
 210     static_assert(!std::is_reference_v<D>, "must provide a deleter instance");
 211   }
 212
 213   /**
 214    * Construct a UniquePtr containing |aPtr|.
 215    */
 216   explicit UniquePtr(Pointer aPtr) : mTuple(aPtr, DeleterType()) {
 217     static_assert(!std::is_pointer_v<D>, "must provide a deleter instance");
 218     static_assert(!std::is_reference_v<D>, "must provide a deleter instance");
 219   }
 220
 221   UniquePtr(Pointer aPtr,
 222             std::conditional_t<std::is_reference_v<D>, D, const D&> aD1)
 223       : mTuple(aPtr, aD1) {}
 224
 225   UniquePtr(Pointer aPtr, std::remove_reference_t<D>&& aD2)
 226       : mTuple(aPtr, std::move(aD2)) {
 227     static_assert(!std::is_reference_v<D>,
 228                   "rvalue deleter can't be stored by reference");
 229   }
 230
 231   UniquePtr(UniquePtr&& aOther)
 232       : mTuple(aOther.release(),
 233                std::forward<DeleterType>(aOther.get_deleter())) {}
 234
 235   MOZ_IMPLICIT
 236   UniquePtr(decltype(nullptr)) : mTuple(nullptr, DeleterType()) {
 237     static_assert(!std::is_pointer_v<D>, "must provide a deleter instance");
 238     static_assert(!std::is_reference_v<D>, "must provide a deleter instance");
 239   }
 240
 241   template <typename U, class E>
 242   MOZ_IMPLICIT UniquePtr(
 243       UniquePtr<U, E>&& aOther,
 244       std::enable_if_t<
 245           std::is_convertible_v<typename UniquePtr<U, E>::Pointer, Pointer> &&
 246               !std::is_array_v<U> &&
 247               (std::is_reference_v<D> ? std::is_same_v<D, E>
 248                                       : std::is_convertible_v<E, D>),
 249           int>
 250           aDummy = 0)
 251       : mTuple(aOther.release(), std::forward<E>(aOther.get_deleter())) {}
 252
 253   ~UniquePtr() { reset(nullptr); }
 254
 255   UniquePtr& operator=(UniquePtr&& aOther) {
 256     reset(aOther.release());
 257     get_deleter() = std::forward<DeleterType>(aOther.get_deleter());
 258     return *this;
 259   }
 260
 261   template <typename U, typename E>
 262   UniquePtr& operator=(UniquePtr<U, E>&& aOther) {
 263     static_assert(
 264         std::is_convertible_v<typename UniquePtr<U, E>::Pointer, Pointer>,
 265         "incompatible UniquePtr pointees");
 266     static_assert(!std::is_array_v<U>,
 267                   "can't assign from UniquePtr holding an array");
 268
 269     reset(aOther.release());
 270     get_deleter() = std::forward<E>(aOther.get_deleter());
 271     return *this;
 272   }
 273
 274   UniquePtr& operator=(decltype(nullptr)) {
 275     reset(nullptr);
 276     return *this;
 277   }
 278
 279   std::add_lvalue_reference_t<T> operator*() const { return *get(); }
 280   Pointer operator->() const {
 281     MOZ_ASSERT(get(), "dereferencing a UniquePtr containing nullptr");
 282     return get();
 283   }
 284
 285   explicit operator bool() const { return get() != nullptr; }
 286
 287   Pointer get() const { return ptr(); }
 288
 289   DeleterType& get_deleter() { return del(); }
 290   const DeleterType& get_deleter() const { return del(); }
 291
 292   MOZ_MUST_USE Pointer release() {
 293     Pointer p = ptr();
 294     ptr() = nullptr;
 295     return p;
 296   }
 297
 298   void reset(Pointer aPtr = Pointer()) {
 299     Pointer old = ptr();
 300     ptr() = aPtr;
 301     if (old != nullptr) {
 302       get_deleter()(old);
 303     }
 304   }
 305
 306   void swap(UniquePtr& aOther) { mTuple.swap(aOther.mTuple); }
 307
 308   UniquePtr(const UniquePtr& aOther) = delete;  // construct using std::move()!
 309   void operator=(const UniquePtr& aOther) =
 310       delete;  // assign using std::move()!
 311 };
 312
 313 // In case you didn't read the comment by the main definition (you should!): the
 314 // UniquePtr<T[]> specialization exists to manage array pointers.  It deletes
 315 // such pointers using delete[], it will reject construction and modification
 316 // attempts using U* or U[].  Otherwise it works like the normal UniquePtr.
 317 template <typename T, class D>
 318 class UniquePtr<T[], D> {
 319  public:
 320   typedef T* Pointer;
 321   typedef T ElementType;
 322   typedef D DeleterType;
 323
 324  private:
 325   mozilla::CompactPair<Pointer, DeleterType> mTuple;
 326
 327  public:
 328   /**
 329    * Construct a UniquePtr containing nullptr.
 330    */
 331   constexpr UniquePtr() : mTuple(static_cast<Pointer>(nullptr), DeleterType()) {
 332     static_assert(!std::is_pointer_v<D>, "must provide a deleter instance");
 333     static_assert(!std::is_reference_v<D>, "must provide a deleter instance");
 334   }
 335
 336   /**
 337    * Construct a UniquePtr containing |aPtr|.
 338    */
 339   explicit UniquePtr(Pointer aPtr) : mTuple(aPtr, DeleterType()) {
 340     static_assert(!std::is_pointer_v<D>, "must provide a deleter instance");
 341     static_assert(!std::is_reference_v<D>, "must provide a deleter instance");
 342   }
 343
 344   // delete[] knows how to handle *only* an array of a single class type.  For
 345   // delete[] to work correctly, it must know the size of each element, the
 346   // fields and base classes of each element requiring destruction, and so on.
 347   // So forbid all overloads which would end up invoking delete[] on a pointer
 348   // of the wrong type.
 349   template <typename U>
 350   UniquePtr(U&& aU,
 351             std::enable_if_t<
 352                 std::is_pointer_v<U> && std::is_convertible_v<U, Pointer>, int>
 353                 aDummy = 0) = delete;
 354
 355   UniquePtr(Pointer aPtr,
 356             std::conditional_t<std::is_reference_v<D>, D, const D&> aD1)
 357       : mTuple(aPtr, aD1) {}
 358
 359   UniquePtr(Pointer aPtr, std::remove_reference_t<D>&& aD2)
 360       : mTuple(aPtr, std::move(aD2)) {
 361     static_assert(!std::is_reference_v<D>,
 362                   "rvalue deleter can't be stored by reference");
 363   }
 364
 365   // Forbidden for the same reasons as stated above.
 366   template <typename U, typename V>
 367   UniquePtr(U&& aU, V&& aV,
 368             std::enable_if_t<
 369                 std::is_pointer_v<U> && std::is_convertible_v<U, Pointer>, int>
 370                 aDummy = 0) = delete;
 371
 372   UniquePtr(UniquePtr&& aOther)
 373       : mTuple(aOther.release(),
 374                std::forward<DeleterType>(aOther.get_deleter())) {}
 375
 376   MOZ_IMPLICIT
 377   UniquePtr(decltype(nullptr)) : mTuple(nullptr, DeleterType()) {
 378     static_assert(!std::is_pointer_v<D>, "must provide a deleter instance");
 379     static_assert(!std::is_reference_v<D>, "must provide a deleter instance");
 380   }
 381
 382   ~UniquePtr() { reset(nullptr); }
 383
 384   UniquePtr& operator=(UniquePtr&& aOther) {
 385     reset(aOther.release());
 386     get_deleter() = std::forward<DeleterType>(aOther.get_deleter());
 387     return *this;
 388   }
 389
 390   UniquePtr& operator=(decltype(nullptr)) {
 391     reset();
 392     return *this;
 393   }
 394
 395   explicit operator bool() const { return get() != nullptr; }
 396
 397   T& operator[](decltype(sizeof(int)) aIndex) const { return get()[aIndex]; }
 398   Pointer get() const { return mTuple.first(); }
 399
 400   DeleterType& get_deleter() { return mTuple.second(); }
 401   const DeleterType& get_deleter() const { return mTuple.second(); }
 402
 403   MOZ_MUST_USE Pointer release() {
 404     Pointer p = mTuple.first();
 405     mTuple.first() = nullptr;
 406     return p;
 407   }
 408
 409   void reset(Pointer aPtr = Pointer()) {
 410     Pointer old = mTuple.first();
 411     mTuple.first() = aPtr;
 412     if (old != nullptr) {
 413       mTuple.second()(old);
 414     }
 415   }
 416
 417   void reset(decltype(nullptr)) {
 418     Pointer old = mTuple.first();
 419     mTuple.first() = nullptr;
 420     if (old != nullptr) {
 421       mTuple.second()(old);
 422     }
 423   }
 424
 425   template <typename U>
 426   void reset(U) = delete;
 427
 428   void swap(UniquePtr& aOther) { mTuple.swap(aOther.mTuple); }
 429
 430   UniquePtr(const UniquePtr& aOther) = delete;  // construct using std::move()!
 431   void operator=(const UniquePtr& aOther) =
 432       delete;  // assign using std::move()!
 433 };
 434
 435 /**
 436  * A default deletion policy using plain old operator delete.
 437  *
 438  * Note that this type can be specialized, but authors should beware of the risk
 439  * that the specialization may at some point cease to match (either because it
 440  * gets moved to a different compilation unit or the signature changes). If the
 441  * non-specialized (|delete|-based) version compiles for that type but does the
 442  * wrong thing, bad things could happen.
 443  *
 444  * This is a non-issue for types which are always incomplete (i.e. opaque handle
 445  * types), since |delete|-ing such a type will always trigger a compilation
 446  * error.
 447  */
 448 template <typename T>
 449 class DefaultDelete {
 450  public:
 451   constexpr DefaultDelete() = default;
 452
 453   template <typename U>
 454   MOZ_IMPLICIT DefaultDelete(
 455       const DefaultDelete<U>& aOther,
 456       std::enable_if_t<std::is_convertible_v<U*, T*>, int> aDummy = 0) {}
 457
 458   void operator()(T* aPtr) const {
 459     static_assert(sizeof(T) > 0, "T must be complete");
 460     delete aPtr;
 461   }
 462 };
 463
 464 /** A default deletion policy using operator delete[]. */
 465 template <typename T>
 466 class DefaultDelete<T[]> {
 467  public:
 468   constexpr DefaultDelete() = default;
 469
 470   void operator()(T* aPtr) const {
 471     static_assert(sizeof(T) > 0, "T must be complete");
 472     delete[] aPtr;
 473   }
 474
 475   template <typename U>
 476   void operator()(U* aPtr) const = delete;
 477 };
 478
 479 template <typename T, class D, typename U, class E>
 480 bool operator==(const UniquePtr<T, D>& aX, const UniquePtr<U, E>& aY) {
 481   return aX.get() == aY.get();
 482 }
 483
 484 template <typename T, class D, typename U, class E>
 485 bool operator!=(const UniquePtr<T, D>& aX, const UniquePtr<U, E>& aY) {
 486   return aX.get() != aY.get();
 487 }
 488
 489 template <typename T, class D>
 490 bool operator==(const UniquePtr<T, D>& aX, const T* aY) {
 491   return aX.get() == aY;
 492 }
 493
 494 template <typename T, class D>
 495 bool operator==(const T* aY, const UniquePtr<T, D>& aX) {
 496   return aY == aX.get();
 497 }
 498
 499 template <typename T, class D>
 500 bool operator!=(const UniquePtr<T, D>& aX, const T* aY) {
 501   return aX.get() != aY;
 502 }
 503
 504 template <typename T, class D>
 505 bool operator!=(const T* aY, const UniquePtr<T, D>& aX) {
 506   return aY != aX.get();
 507 }
 508
 509 template <typename T, class D>
 510 bool operator==(const UniquePtr<T, D>& aX, decltype(nullptr)) {
 511   return !aX;
 512 }
 513
 514 template <typename T, class D>
 515 bool operator==(decltype(nullptr), const UniquePtr<T, D>& aX) {
 516   return !aX;
 517 }
 518
 519 template <typename T, class D>
 520 bool operator!=(const UniquePtr<T, D>& aX, decltype(nullptr)) {
 521   return bool(aX);
 522 }
 523
 524 template <typename T, class D>
 525 bool operator!=(decltype(nullptr), const UniquePtr<T, D>& aX) {
 526   return bool(aX);
 527 }
 528
 529 // No operator<, operator>, operator<=, operator>= for now because simplicity.
 530
 531 namespace detail {
 532
 533 template <typename T>
 534 struct UniqueSelector {
 535   typedef UniquePtr<T> SingleObject;
 536 };
 537
 538 template <typename T>
 539 struct UniqueSelector<T[]> {
 540   typedef UniquePtr<T[]> UnknownBound;
 541 };
 542
 543 template <typename T, decltype(sizeof(int)) N>
 544 struct UniqueSelector<T[N]> {
 545   typedef UniquePtr<T[N]> KnownBound;
 546 };
 547
 548 }  // namespace detail
 549
 550 /**
 551  * MakeUnique is a helper function for allocating new'd objects and arrays,
 552  * returning a UniquePtr containing the resulting pointer.  The semantics of
 553  * MakeUnique<Type>(...) are as follows.
 554  *
 555  *   If Type is an array T[n]:
 556  *     Disallowed, deleted, no overload for you!
 557  *   If Type is an array T[]:
 558  *     MakeUnique<T[]>(size_t) is the only valid overload.  The pointer returned
 559  *     is as if by |new T[n]()|, which value-initializes each element.  (If T
 560  *     isn't a class type, this will zero each element.  If T is a class type,
 561  *     then roughly speaking, each element will be constructed using its default
 562  *     constructor.  See C++11 [dcl.init]p7 for the full gory details.)
 563  *   If Type is non-array T:
 564  *     The arguments passed to MakeUnique<T>(...) are forwarded into a
 565  *     |new T(...)| call, initializing the T as would happen if executing
 566  *     |T(...)|.
 567  *
 568  * There are various benefits to using MakeUnique instead of |new| expressions.
 569  *
 570  * First, MakeUnique eliminates use of |new| from code entirely.  If objects are
 571  * only created through UniquePtr, then (assuming all explicit release() calls
 572  * are safe, including transitively, and no type-safety casting funniness)
 573  * correctly maintained ownership of the UniquePtr guarantees no leaks are
 574  * possible.  (This pays off best if a class is only ever created through a
 575  * factory method on the class, using a private constructor.)
 576  *
 577  * Second, initializing a UniquePtr using a |new| expression requires repeating
 578  * the name of the new'd type, whereas MakeUnique in concert with the |auto|
 579  * keyword names it only once:
 580  *
 581  *   UniquePtr<char> ptr1(new char()); // repetitive
 582  *   auto ptr2 = MakeUnique<char>();   // shorter
 583  *
 584  * Of course this assumes the reader understands the operation MakeUnique
 585  * performs.  In the long run this is probably a reasonable assumption.  In the
 586  * short run you'll have to use your judgment about what readers can be expected
 587  * to know, or to quickly look up.
 588  *
 589  * Third, a call to MakeUnique can be assigned directly to a UniquePtr.  In
 590  * contrast you can't assign a pointer into a UniquePtr without using the
 591  * cumbersome reset().
 592  *
 593  *   UniquePtr<char> p;
 594  *   p = new char;           // ERROR
 595  *   p.reset(new char);      // works, but fugly
 596  *   p = MakeUnique<char>(); // preferred
 597  *
 598  * (And third, although not relevant to Mozilla: MakeUnique is exception-safe.
 599  * An exception thrown after |new T| succeeds will leak that memory, unless the
 600  * pointer is assigned to an object that will manage its ownership.  UniquePtr
 601  * ably serves this function.)
 602  */
 603
 604 template <typename T, typename... Args>
 605 typename detail::UniqueSelector<T>::SingleObject MakeUnique(Args&&... aArgs) {
 606   return UniquePtr<T>(new T(std::forward<Args>(aArgs)...));
 607 }
 608
 609 template <typename T>
 610 typename detail::UniqueSelector<T>::UnknownBound MakeUnique(
 611     decltype(sizeof(int)) aN) {
 612   using ArrayType = std::remove_extent_t<T>;
 613   return UniquePtr<T>(new ArrayType[aN]());
 614 }
 615
 616 template <typename T, typename... Args>
 617 typename detail::UniqueSelector<T>::KnownBound MakeUnique(Args&&... aArgs) =
 618     delete;
 619
 620 /**
 621  * WrapUnique is a helper function to transfer ownership from a raw pointer
 622  * into a UniquePtr<T>. It can only be used with a single non-array type.
 623  *
 624  * It is generally used this way:
 625  *
 626  *   auto p = WrapUnique(new char);
 627  *
 628  * It can be used when MakeUnique is not usable, for example, when the
 629  * constructor you are using is private, or you want to use aggregate
 630  * initialization.
 631  */
 632
 633 template <typename T>
 634 typename detail::UniqueSelector<T>::SingleObject WrapUnique(T* aPtr) {
 635   return UniquePtr<T>(aPtr);
 636 }
 637
 638 }  // namespace mozilla
 639
 640 namespace std {
 641
 642 template <typename T, class D>
 643 void swap(mozilla::UniquePtr<T, D>& aX, mozilla::UniquePtr<T, D>& aY) {
 644   aX.swap(aY);
 645 }
 646
 647 }  // namespace std
 648
 649 #endif /* mozilla_UniquePtr_h */