From 20e0473af11a5511635d37f54a9d4dfee3865b8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jamie Reece Wilson <me@reece.sx>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 19:40:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [+] AuNullHeapPointer<T>()

---
 Include/Aurora/Memory/Heap.hpp    | 11 ++++++++++-
 Include/Aurora/RuntimeAliases.hpp |  8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Include/Aurora/Memory/Heap.hpp b/Include/Aurora/Memory/Heap.hpp
index 054921c5..dab33f20 100644
--- a/Include/Aurora/Memory/Heap.hpp
+++ b/Include/Aurora/Memory/Heap.hpp
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ namespace Aurora::Memory
             return AuSPtr<T>((T *)(pPtr + kAlignment), &Heap::DeleteThat<T>);
         }
 
+            // note: callers can use AuHUPOf_t<T> pUniquePointer = AuNullHeapPointer<T>()
 
         template <class T, class ...Args>
         AuUPtr<T, decltype(&Heap::DeleteThat<T>)> NewClassUnique(Args &&...args)
@@ -279,6 +280,8 @@ namespace Aurora::Memory
             return AuSPtr<T>((T *)(pPtr + kAlignment), &Heap::DeleteThatArray<T>);
         }
 
+            // note: callers can use AuHUPOf_t<T> pUniquePointer = AuNullHeapPointer<T>()
+
         template <class T, class ...Args>
         AuUPtr<T, decltype(&Heap::DeleteThat<T>)> NewClassArrayUnique(AuUInt uElements, Args &&... fillCtr)
         {
@@ -338,6 +341,12 @@ namespace Aurora::Memory
             return AuUPtr<T, decltype(&Heap::DeleteThat<T>)>((T *)(pPtr + kAlignment), &Heap::DeleteThatArray<T>);
         }
 
+        template <class T>
+        cstatic AuUPtr<T, decltype(&Heap::DeleteThat<T>)> NullUniquePointer()
+        {
+            return AuUPtr<T, decltype(&Heap::DeleteThat<T>)>(nullptr, &Heap::RetardedSpecWrittenByRetards<T>);
+        }
+
         template<typename T>
         static AuSPtr<T> ToSmartPointer(AuSPtr<Heap> heap,
                                         T *pHead,
@@ -412,4 +421,4 @@ namespace Aurora::Memory
 
     // Proxies an existing heap with encapsulated statistics and leak detector
     AUKN_SHARED_API(HeapProxyEx, Heap, const AuSPtr<Heap> &pHead, LeakFinderAlloc_f pfAlloc, LeakFinderFree_f pfFree);
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Include/Aurora/RuntimeAliases.hpp b/Include/Aurora/RuntimeAliases.hpp
index 7fe87a14..16fb153e 100644
--- a/Include/Aurora/RuntimeAliases.hpp
+++ b/Include/Aurora/RuntimeAliases.hpp
@@ -116,4 +116,10 @@ static inline void AuDebugBreak()
 }
 
 template <typename T>
-using AuHUPOf_t = typename Aurora::Memory::Heap::HUPOf_t<T>;
\ No newline at end of file
+using AuHUPOf_t = typename Aurora::Memory::Heap::HUPOf_t<T>;
+
+template <class T>
+static inline auto AuNullHeapPointer()
+{
+    return Aurora::Memory::Heap::NullUniquePointer<T>();
+}
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