If only make_unique (and make_shared) worked with uniform initialization... struct Foo { int i; float f; bool b; // No constructor }; s

If only make_unique (and make_shared) worked with uniform initialization... struct Foo { int i; float f; bool b; // No constructor }; std::make_unique<Foo>(1, 2.3f, true); Doesn't compile, since make_unique requires an appropriate constructor (see https://isocpp.org/files/papers/n3588.txt https://isocpp.org/files/papers/n3588.txt for the rationale). It also doesn't work when Foo's constructor is private, even when called from a function that would have access to this private constructor. And this is my beef with C++: Yes it's powerful, and I quite like it, but you sooner or later hit these speed bumps that unnecessarily complicate things.