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readability-uniqueptr-delete-release

Replace delete <unique_ptr>.release() with <unique_ptr> = nullptr. The latter is shorter, simpler and does not require use of raw pointer APIs.

std::unique_ptr<int> P;
delete P.release();

// becomes

std::unique_ptr<int> P;
P = nullptr;