From 70c844ddfbe7e1eacf2e7f2d3db69dbfe7361e4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Leila F. Rahman" <leilarahman@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2022 13:25:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix the release function in the ValuePtr class (#4490)

---
 lib/valueptr.h | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/valueptr.h b/lib/valueptr.h
index 1c4e6553d..45ca7d94e 100644
--- a/lib/valueptr.h
+++ b/lib/valueptr.h
@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ public:
     }
     ValuePtr(ValuePtr&& rhs) : mPtr(std::move(rhs.mPtr)), mClone(std::move(rhs.mClone)) {}
 
-    pointer release() {
-        return mPtr.release();
+    /**
+     * Releases the shared_ptr's ownership of the managed object using the .reset() function
+     */
+    void release() {
+        mPtr.reset();
     }
 
     T* get() NOEXCEPT {