1.. title:: clang-tidy - readability-uniqueptr-delete-release 2 3readability-uniqueptr-delete-release 4==================================== 5 6Replace ``delete <unique_ptr>.release()`` with ``<unique_ptr> = nullptr``. 7The latter is shorter, simpler and does not require use of raw pointer APIs. 8 9.. code-block:: c++ 10 11 std::unique_ptr<int> P; 12 delete P.release(); 13 14 // becomes 15 16 std::unique_ptr<int> P; 17 P = nullptr; 18 19Options 20------- 21 22.. option:: PreferResetCall 23 24 If `true`, refactor by calling the reset member function instead of 25 assigning to ``nullptr``. Default value is `false`. 26 27 .. code-block:: c++ 28 29 std::unique_ptr<int> P; 30 delete P.release(); 31 32 // becomes 33 34 std::unique_ptr<int> P; 35 P.reset(); 36