You need to move the unique_ptr
:
vec.push_back(std::move(ptr2x));
unique_ptr
guarantees that a single unique_ptr
container has ownership of the held pointer. This means that you can't make copies of a unique_ptr
(because then two unique_ptr
s would have ownership), so you can only move it.
Note, however, that your current use of unique_ptr
is incorrect. You cannot use it to manage a pointer to a local variable. The lifetime of a local variable is managed automatically: local variables are destroyed when the block ends (e.g., when the function returns, in this case). You need to dynamically allocate the object:
std::unique_ptr<int> ptr(new int(1));
In C++14 we have an even better way to do so:
make_unique<int>(5);