unique_ptr and polymorphism

Question

I have some code that currently uses raw pointers, and I want to change to smart pointers. This helps cleanup the code in various ways. Anyway, I have factory methods that retur

Answer 1

Here's a polymorphism example using unique pointer:

vector> creatures;

creatures.emplace_back(new Human);
creatures.emplace_back(new Fish);

unique_ptr> pLog(new vector());

for each (auto& creature in creatures)
{
    auto state = creature->Move(*pLog);
}