std::default_delete
|   Defined in header  <memory>
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|   template< class T > struct default_delete;  | 
(1) | (since C++11) | 
|   template< class T > struct default_delete<T[]>;  | 
(2) | (since C++11) | 
std::default_delete is the default destruction policy used by std::unique_ptr when no deleter is specified. 
1) The non-specialized default_delete uses delete to deallocate memory for a single object.
2) A partial specialization for array types that uses delete[] is also provided.
Member functions
|     (constructor)  | 
  constructs a default_delete object (public member function)  | 
|     operator()  | 
   deletes the object or array   (public member function)  | 
std::default_delete::default_delete
|   constexpr default_delete() noexcept = default;  | 
(1) | |
|   template <class U> default_delete( const default_delete<U>& d ) noexcept;  | 
(2) |  (member only of primary default_delete template)  | 
|   template<class U> default_delete( const default_delete<U[]>& d) noexcept;  | 
(3) |  (since C++17)  (member only of the array default_delete specialization)  | 
std::default_delete object.std::default_delete object from another std::default_delete object. This constructor will only participate in overload resolution if U* is implicitly convertible to T*.std::default_delete<U[]> object from another std::default_delete<U[]> object. This constructor will only participate in overload resolution if U(*)[] is implicitly convertible to T(*)[].Parameters
| d | - | a deleter to copy from | 
Notes
The converting constructor template of std::default_delete makes possible the implicit conversion from std::unique_ptr<Derived> to std::unique_ptr<Base>.
std::default_delete::operator()
|   void operator()(T* ptr) const;  | 
(1) |  (as of C++17, no longer a member of the default_delete<T[]> template specialization)  | 
|   template <class U> void operator()(U* ptr) const;  | 
(2) |  (member only of default_delete<T[]> template specialization, but defined as deleted prior to C++17)  | 
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 1) Calls  
delete (primary template) or delete[] (array specialization) on ptr2) Defined as deleted
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(until C++17) | 
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 1) Calls  
delete on ptr2) Calls  delete[] on ptr. This function will only participate in overload resolution if U(*)[] is implicitly convertible to T(*)[]. 
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(since C++17) | 
In any case, if U is an incomplete type, the program is ill-formed.
Parameters
| ptr | - | an object or array to delete | 
Exceptions
No exception guarantees.
Invoking over Incomplete Types
At the point in the code the operator() is called, the type must be complete. In some implementations a static_assert is used to make sure this is the case. The reason for this requirement is that calling delete on an incomplete type is undefined behavior in C++ if the complete class type has a nontrivial destructor or a deallocation function, as the compiler has no way of knowing whether such functions exist and must be invoked.
Example
#include <memory> #include <vector> #include <algorithm> int main() { // { // std::shared_ptr<int> shared_bad(new int[10]); // } // the destructor calls delete, undefined behavior { std::shared_ptr<int> shared_good(new int[10], std::default_delete<int[]> ()); } // the destructor calls delete[], ok { std::unique_ptr<int> ptr(new int(5)); } // unique_ptr<int> uses default_delete<int> { std::unique_ptr<int[]> ptr(new int[10]); } // unique_ptr<int[]> uses default_delete<int[]> // default_delete can be used anywhere a delete functor is needed std::vector<int*> v; for(int n = 0; n < 100; ++n) v.push_back(new int(n)); std::for_each(v.begin(), v.end(), std::default_delete<int>()); }
 
See also
|    (C++11)  | 
   smart pointer with unique object ownership semantics   (class template)  |