std::unique_ptr::operator*

#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
 
struct Foo {
    void bar() { std::cout << "Foo::bar\n"; }
};
 
void f(const Foo& foo) 
{
    std::cout << "f(const Foo&)\n";
}
 
int main() 
{
    std::unique_ptr<Foo> ptr(new Foo);
 
    ptr->bar();
    f(*ptr);
}

Foo::bar
f(const Foo&)

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