Proper way to create unique_ptr that holds an allocated array

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Using the T[] specialisation:

std::unique_ptr<unsigned char[]> testData(new unsigned char[16000]());

Note that, in an ideal world, you would not have to explicitly use new to instantiate a unique_ptr, avoiding a potential exception safety pitfall. To this end, C++14 provides you with the std::make_unique function template. See this excellent GOTW for more details. The syntax is:

auto testData = std::make_unique<unsigned char[]>(16000);

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