> The design goal was to reduce accidental errors in code, particularly by the incautious and by learners No, it really isn't. The whole point of a unique poin

> The design goal was to reduce accidental errors in code, particularly by the incautious and by learners No, it really isn't. The whole point of a unique pointer is to ensure that the pointer is in fact unique. Thus, std::unique_ptr is specifically designed to disallow any form of copying.