Code reviewMediumcr-g170

Subject Double freeLevel Mid–Senior~25 minCommon in Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this C++ ownership hand-off with unique_ptr.

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Code to reviewcpp

1#include <memory>2 3struct Node { int v; };4 5void sink(Node* n) {6    // takes ownership and frees it7    delete n;8}9 10void run() {11    std::unique_ptr<Node> p = std::make_unique<Node>();12    sink(p.get());13}

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