When moving a unique_ptr into a lambda, why is it not possible to call reset?

Question

When moving std::unique_ptr into the lambda, it is not possible to call reset() on it, because it seems to be const then:

error C2662: void std::unique_ptr<int,std::default_delete<_Ty>>::reset(int *) noexcept': cannot convert 'this' pointer from 'const std::unique_ptr<int,std::default_delete<_Ty>>' to 'std::unique_ptr<int,std::default_delete<_Ty>> & 

#include <memory> int main() {     auto u = std::unique_ptr<int>();     auto l = [v = std::move(u)]{         v.reset(); // this doesn't compile     }; } 

1. Why does this happen?
2. Is it possible to capture the std::unique_ptr in another way which allows calling reset() within the lambda (with C++17 or later)?

Answer 1

1. Why does this happen?

Because the function-call operator of a lambda,

Unless the keyword mutable was used in the lambda-expression, the function-call operator is const-qualified and the objects that were captured by copy are non-modifiable from inside this operator().

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2. Is it possible to capture the std::unique_ptr in another way which allows to call reset() within the lambda

You need to mark it mutable.

mutable: allows body to modify the parameters captured by copy, and to call their non-const member functions

e.g.

auto l = [v = std::move(u)]() mutable {     v.reset(); };