std::unique...unique_lock(3)

💅 NAME

std::unique_lock::~unique_lock — bestie, this is literally the destructor for std::unique_lock, no cap ✨

So you're browsing the C++ Standard Libary manual (yes that's the manual name, we don't make the rules 🎀) and you landed on the destructor page. Slay, let's get into it.

🌸 Synopsis

~unique_lock();  (since C++11)

That's the whole signature, periodt. Available since C++11. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION

Okay so picture this: your unique_lock is done living its best life, and it's time to go. 💀 The destructor destroys the lock — that's the main character energy right there.

But here's the iconic part 🔥: if *this has an associated mutex and has acquired ownership of it, then the mutex gets unlocked. The way that it quietly cleans up after itself? Obsessed. 🙈

So yeah — no manual unlock needed if you were holding it, the destructor handles business on the way out. ✨

🧚 Sign-off

Source and version: http://cppreference.com, dated 2024.06.10 — that's the whole page bestie, go forth and let your locks drop at scope exit 💖🎀🌈⭐👑