From 01ea68b99323f635d10ecb0278a6d7f58cc280cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Marc-Andr=C3=A9=20Hecht?=
 <7500936+mackel90@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 23:53:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] RtApi pointer implementation as shared_ptr to increase
 C++ compatibility.

---
 RtAudio.cpp | 28 ++++++++++------------------
 RtAudio.h   |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/RtAudio.cpp b/RtAudio.cpp
index 4343ff8d..8e394be8 100644
--- a/RtAudio.cpp
+++ b/RtAudio.cpp
@@ -548,45 +548,43 @@ RtAudio::Api RtAudio :: getCompiledApiByDisplayName( const std::string &name )
 
 void RtAudio :: openRtApi( RtAudio::Api api )
 {
-  if ( rtapi_ )
-    delete rtapi_;
-  rtapi_ = 0;
+  rtapi_.reset();
 
 #if defined(__UNIX_JACK__)
   if ( api == UNIX_JACK )
-    rtapi_ = new RtApiJack();
+    rtapi_.reset(new RtApiJack());
 #endif
 #if defined(__LINUX_ALSA__)
   if ( api == LINUX_ALSA )
-    rtapi_ = new RtApiAlsa();
+    rtapi_.reset(new RtApiAlsa());
 #endif
 #if defined(__LINUX_PULSE__)
   if ( api == LINUX_PULSE )
-    rtapi_ = new RtApiPulse();
+    rtapi_.reset(new RtApiPulse());
 #endif
 #if defined(__LINUX_OSS__)
   if ( api == LINUX_OSS )
-    rtapi_ = new RtApiOss();
+    rtapi_.reset(new RtApiOss());
 #endif
 #if defined(__WINDOWS_ASIO__)
   if ( api == WINDOWS_ASIO )
-    rtapi_ = new RtApiAsio();
+    rtapi_.reset(new RtApiAsio());
 #endif
 #if defined(__WINDOWS_WASAPI__)
   if ( api == WINDOWS_WASAPI )
-    rtapi_ = new RtApiWasapi();
+    rtapi_.reset(new RtApiWasapi());
 #endif
 #if defined(__WINDOWS_DS__)
   if ( api == WINDOWS_DS )
-    rtapi_ = new RtApiDs();
+    rtapi_.reset(new RtApiDs());
 #endif
 #if defined(__MACOSX_CORE__)
   if ( api == MACOSX_CORE )
-    rtapi_ = new RtApiCore();
+    rtapi_.reset(new RtApiCore());
 #endif
 #if defined(__RTAUDIO_DUMMY__)
   if ( api == RTAUDIO_DUMMY )
-    rtapi_ = new RtApiDummy();
+    rtapi_.reset(new RtApiDummy());
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -640,12 +638,6 @@ RtAudio :: RtAudio( RtAudio::Api api, RtAudioErrorCallback&& errorCallback )
   abort();
 }
 
-RtAudio :: ~RtAudio()
-{
-  if ( rtapi_ )
-    delete rtapi_;
-}
-
 RtAudioErrorType RtAudio :: openStream( RtAudio::StreamParameters *outputParameters,
                                         RtAudio::StreamParameters *inputParameters,
                                         RtAudioFormat format, unsigned int sampleRate,
diff --git a/RtAudio.h b/RtAudio.h
index 48552b66..e9a8d112 100644
--- a/RtAudio.h
+++ b/RtAudio.h
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ class RTAUDIO_DLL_PUBLIC RtAudio
     If a stream is running or open, it will be stopped and closed
     automatically.
   */
-  ~RtAudio();
+  ~RtAudio() { }
 
   //! Returns the audio API specifier for the current instance of RtAudio.
   RtAudio::Api getCurrentApi( void );
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ class RTAUDIO_DLL_PUBLIC RtAudio
  protected:
 
   void openRtApi( RtAudio::Api api );
-  RtApi *rtapi_;
+  std::shared_ptr<RtApi> rtapi_;
 };
 
 // Operating system dependent thread functionality.

From 6bd345b1b9ede8be6d52931d84b011be994c4d96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Marc-Andr=C3=A9=20Hecht?=
 <7500936+mackel90@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 10:31:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Added header (pull request schecks failing)

---
 RtAudio.h | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/RtAudio.h b/RtAudio.h
index e9a8d112..ec71d9d0 100644
--- a/RtAudio.h
+++ b/RtAudio.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <functional>
+#include <memory>
 
 /*! \typedef typedef unsigned long RtAudioFormat;
     \brief RtAudio data format type.