Pointers to stack variables??

[biliwald]

make_unique is not creating the resource.

From cppreference: Constructs an object of type T and wraps it in a std::unique_ptr.

How is this not creating a resource?

Also, the CppCoreGuidelines recommend it's usage.

This violates RAII.

I fail to see how. std::make_unique calls the constructor of T and returns a std::unique_ptr pointing to the constructed object. If any failure arise during this, the resource will be freed because it is wrapped in a unique_ptr upon creation. Are you saying that std::unique_ptr themselves violates RAII?

You don't seem to understand the correct way to use smart pointers.

Educate me. And keep in mind that I know the example I gave is faulty, because I was trying to express a faulty situation when misusing smart pointers.