Export of internal Abseil changes.

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e09635c907d471ab46e14fb8091988c92cb4e78e by Abseil Team <absl-team@google.com>:

Fix syntax error in documentation '}' -> ')'

PiperOrigin-RevId: 215744854

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a9e2d036850748137355f4a07083f1052d5c3766 by Abseil Team <absl-team@google.com>:

WrapUnique's comment about avoiding explicit template specification
doesn't make clear what alternative there is when this hurts
readability. Add a comment about the approved alternative.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 215634917

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596b8ff41ff70b27bff3a2369038c0fe7d13ae85 by Greg Falcon <gfalcon@google.com>:

Allow for a small amount of slop in timeout tests, as not all OSs we support give us the perfect timing behavior we're testing for here.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 215615172
GitOrigin-RevId: e09635c907d471ab46e14fb8091988c92cb4e78e
Change-Id: I30721294bac86510a49bb7f405149fc74c532abb

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/absl/memory/memory.h b/absl/memory/memory.h
index a80aab0af641..1eaec0f40aea 100644
--- a/absl/memory/memory.h
+++ b/absl/memory/memory.h
@@ -39,16 +39,30 @@ namespace absl {
 // Function Template: WrapUnique()
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //
-//  Adopts ownership from a raw pointer and transfers it to the returned
-//  `std::unique_ptr`, whose type is deduced. DO NOT specify the template type T
-//  when calling WrapUnique.
+// Adopts ownership from a raw pointer and transfers it to the returned
+// `std::unique_ptr`, whose type is deduced. Because of this deduction, *do not*
+// specify the template type `T` when calling `WrapUnique`.
 //
 // Example:
 //   X* NewX(int, int);
 //   auto x = WrapUnique(NewX(1, 2));  // 'x' is std::unique_ptr<X>.
 //
-// `absl::WrapUnique` is useful for capturing the output of a raw pointer
-// factory. However, prefer 'absl::make_unique<T>(args...) over
+// The purpose of WrapUnique is to automatically deduce the pointer type. If you
+// wish to make the type explicit, for readability reasons or because you prefer
+// to use a base-class pointer rather than a derived one, just use
+// `std::unique_ptr` directly.
+//
+// Example:
+//   X* Factory(int, int);
+//   auto x = std::unique_ptr<X>(Factory(1, 2));
+//                  - or -
+//   std::unique_ptr<X> x(Factory(1, 2));
+//
+// This has the added advantage of working whether Factory returns a raw
+// pointer or a `std::unique_ptr`.
+//
+// While `absl::WrapUnique` is useful for capturing the output of a raw
+// pointer factory, prefer 'absl::make_unique<T>(args...)' over
 // 'absl::WrapUnique(new T(args...))'.
 //
 //   auto x = WrapUnique(new X(1, 2));  // works, but nonideal.