A generic unique_ptr with malloc/free

malloc_unique_ptr.h

#ifndef MALLOC_UNIQUE_PTR_H
#define MALLOC_UNIQUE_PTR_H

/*
idea borrowed from http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/820931/Using-std-unique-ptr-RAII-with-malloc-and-free
*/

#include<memory>

template<typename T>
using malloc_unique_ptr = std::unique_ptr<T, decltype(std::free)*>;

template<typename T>
inline malloc_unique_ptr<T> make_malloc_unique(size_t sz) {
    return malloc_unique_ptr<T>{ reinterpret_cast<T*>(std::malloc(sizeof(T) * sz)), std::free) };
}

#endif