turings-tarpit/scratchpad/uniqptrtest.cpp

#include <cassert>
#include <cstdio>
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <locale>
#include <memory>
#include <stdexcept>

// helper class for runtime polymorphism demo below
struct B
{
    virtual ~B() = default;

    virtual void bar() { std::cout << "B::bar\n"; }
};

struct D : B
{
    D() { std::cout << "D::D\n"; }
    ~D() { std::cout << "D::~D\n"; }

    void bar() override { std::cout << "D::bar\n"; }
};

// a function consuming a unique_ptr can take it by value or by rvalue reference
std::unique_ptr<D> pass_through(std::unique_ptr<D> p)
{
    p->bar();
    return p;
}

// helper function for the custom deleter demo below
void close_file(std::FILE* fp)
{
    std::fclose(fp);
}

// unique_ptr-based linked list demo
struct List
{
    struct Node
    {
        int data;
        std::unique_ptr<Node> next;
    };

    std::unique_ptr<Node> head;

    ~List()
    {
        // destroy list nodes sequentially in a loop, the default destructor
        // would have invoked its `next`'s destructor recursively, which would
        // cause stack overflow for sufficiently large lists.
        while (head)
        {
            auto next = std::move(head->next);
            head = std::move(next);
        }
    }

    void push(int data)
    {
        head = std::unique_ptr<Node>(new Node{data, std::move(head)});
    }
};

int main()
{
    std::cout << "1) Unique ownership semantics demo\n";
    {
        // Create a (uniquely owned) resource
        std::unique_ptr<D> p = std::make_unique<D>();

        // Transfer ownership to `pass_through`,
        // which in turn transfers ownership back through the return value
        std::unique_ptr<D> q = pass_through(std::move(p));

        // p is now in a moved-from 'empty' state, equal to nullptr
        assert(!p);
    }

    std::cout << "\n" "2) Runtime polymorphism demo\n";
    {
        // Create a derived resource and point to it via base type
        std::unique_ptr<B> p = std::make_unique<D>();

        // Dynamic dispatch works as expected
        p->bar();
    }

    std::cout << "\n" "3) Custom deleter demo\n";
    std::ofstream("demo.txt") << 'x'; // prepare the file to read
    {
        using unique_file_t = std::unique_ptr<std::FILE, decltype(&close_file)>;
        unique_file_t fp(std::fopen("demo.txt", "r"), &close_file);
        if (fp)
            std::cout << char(std::fgetc(fp.get())) << '\n';
    } // `close_file()` called here (if `fp` is not null)

    std::cout << "\n" "4) Custom lambda-expression deleter and exception safety demo\n";
    try
    {
        std::unique_ptr<D, void(*)(D*)> p(new D, [](D* ptr)
        {
            std::cout << "destroying from a custom deleter...\n";
            delete ptr;
        });

        throw std::runtime_error(""); // `p` would leak here if it were a plain pointer
    }
    catch (const std::exception&)
    {
        std::cout << "Caught exception\n";
    }

    std::cout << "\n" "5) Array form of unique_ptr demo\n";
    {
        std::unique_ptr<D[]> p(new D[3]);
    } // `D::~D()` is called 3 times

    std::cout << "\n" "6) Linked list demo\n";
    {
        List wall;
        const int enough{1'000'000};
        for (int beer = 0; beer != enough; ++beer)
            wall.push(beer);

        std::cout << enough << " bottles of beer on the wall...\n";
    } // destroys all the beers
}