No, it’s not just theory. Like anything in C++, codebases and their styles widely vary. But my comment holds true for the vast majority of developers I have worked with over the last decade. With the exception of the special “placement new“ operator, it is nearly obsolete to use new and delete.
Hmm, I was at G until the recent decimation, and would have been surprised to see `new`, especially in new (heh) code, because it immediately raises the question of ownership, which means it costs time for every future reader.
Taking chromium as a proxy (though the style isn't identical), there are currently 5 or 6 times as many `make_unique` as `new`. (Some false positives on the word ‘new’ in strings, because I don't remember how to exclude them.)
If you are going to work with a legacy codebase, then sure. My comment was more about fresh codebases, which are fortunately the only ones I've worked on.
