diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 074c4ab03..ada3aa993 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -2,5 +2,63 @@
      "C_Cpp.clang_format_style": "{ BasedOnStyle: Google, UseTab: Never, IndentWidth: 4, TabWidth: 4, AllowShortIfStatementsOnASingleLine: false, IndentCaseLabels: true, ColumnLimit: 80, AccessModifierOffset: -3, AlignConsecutiveMacros: true }",
      "editor.formatOnSave": true,
      "editor.formatOnType": true,
-     "editor.formatOnPaste": true
+     "editor.formatOnPaste": true,
+     "files.associations": {
+          "cctype": "cpp",
+          "clocale": "cpp",
+          "cmath": "cpp",
+          "cstdarg": "cpp",
+          "cstddef": "cpp",
+          "cstdio": "cpp",
+          "cstdlib": "cpp",
+          "cstring": "cpp",
+          "ctime": "cpp",
+          "cwchar": "cpp",
+          "cwctype": "cpp",
+          "array": "cpp",
+          "atomic": "cpp",
+          "*.tcc": "cpp",
+          "bitset": "cpp",
+          "chrono": "cpp",
+          "cinttypes": "cpp",
+          "complex": "cpp",
+          "cstdint": "cpp",
+          "deque": "cpp",
+          "list": "cpp",
+          "unordered_map": "cpp",
+          "unordered_set": "cpp",
+          "vector": "cpp",
+          "exception": "cpp",
+          "algorithm": "cpp",
+          "functional": "cpp",
+          "iterator": "cpp",
+          "map": "cpp",
+          "memory": "cpp",
+          "memory_resource": "cpp",
+          "numeric": "cpp",
+          "optional": "cpp",
+          "random": "cpp",
+          "ratio": "cpp",
+          "set": "cpp",
+          "string": "cpp",
+          "string_view": "cpp",
+          "system_error": "cpp",
+          "tuple": "cpp",
+          "type_traits": "cpp",
+          "utility": "cpp",
+          "fstream": "cpp",
+          "initializer_list": "cpp",
+          "iomanip": "cpp",
+          "iosfwd": "cpp",
+          "iostream": "cpp",
+          "istream": "cpp",
+          "limits": "cpp",
+          "new": "cpp",
+          "ostream": "cpp",
+          "sstream": "cpp",
+          "stdexcept": "cpp",
+          "streambuf": "cpp",
+          "typeinfo": "cpp",
+          "valarray": "cpp"
+     }
 }
diff --git a/backtracking/magic_sequence.cpp b/backtracking/magic_sequence.cpp
index 5fef52386..c43ea37bf 100644
--- a/backtracking/magic_sequence.cpp
+++ b/backtracking/magic_sequence.cpp
@@ -15,41 +15,45 @@
 
 namespace backtracking {
 namespace magic_sequence {
-    using sequence_t = std::vector<unsigned int>;
+using sequence_t = std::vector<unsigned int>;
 
-    void print(const sequence_t& s) {
-        for(auto item : s) std::cout << item << " ";
-        std::cout << std::endl;
+void print(const sequence_t& s) {
+    for (const auto& item : s) std::cout << item << " ";
+    std::cout << std::endl;
+}
+
+// Check if it's a magic sequence
+bool is_magic(const sequence_t& s) {
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < s.size(); i++) {
+        if (std::count(s.cbegin(), s.cend(), i) != s[i])
+            return false;
     }
+    return true;
+}
 
-    // Check if it's a magic sequence
-    bool is_magic(const sequence_t& s) {
-        for(unsigned int i = 0; i < s.size(); i++)
-            if(std::count(s.cbegin(), s.cend(), i) != s[i]) return false;
-        return true;
-    }
+// Filtering of sub-solutions
+// true if the sub-solution is valid otherwise false
+bool filtering(const sequence_t& s, unsigned int depth) {
+    return std::accumulate(s.cbegin(), s.cbegin() + depth,
+                           static_cast<unsigned int>(0)) <= s.size();
+}
 
-    // Filtering of sub-solutions
-    // true if the sub-solution is valid otherwise false
-    bool filtering(const sequence_t& s, unsigned int depth) {
-        return std::accumulate(s.cbegin(), s.cbegin() + depth, static_cast<unsigned int>(0)) <=
-               s.size();
-    }
-
-    void solve(sequence_t& s, std::list<sequence_t>& ret, unsigned int depth = 0) {
-        if(depth == s.size()) {
-            if(is_magic(s)) ret.push_back(s);
-        } else {
-            for(unsigned int i = 0; i < s.size(); i++) {
-                s[depth] = i;
-                if(filtering(s, depth + 1)) solve(s, ret, depth + 1);
-            }
+void solve(sequence_t* s, std::list<sequence_t>* ret, unsigned int depth = 0) {
+    if (depth == s->size()) {
+        if (is_magic(*s))
+            ret->push_back(*s);
+    } else {
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < s->size(); i++) {
+            (*s)[depth] = i;
+            if (filtering(*s, depth + 1))
+                solve(s, ret, depth + 1);
         }
     }
+}
 
-} // namespace magic_sequence
+}  // namespace magic_sequence
 
-} // namespace backtracking
+}  // namespace backtracking
 
 using namespace backtracking::magic_sequence;
 
@@ -64,11 +68,11 @@ static void test() {
 int main() {
     test();
 
-    for(unsigned int i = 2; i < 12; i++) {
+    for (unsigned int i = 2; i < 12; i++) {
         std::cout << "Solution for n = " << i << std::endl;
-        std::list<sequence_t> r1;
-        sequence_t s1(i, i);
+        std::list<sequence_t>* r1 = new std::list<sequence_t>();
+        sequence_t* s1 = new sequence_t(i, i);
         solve(s1, r1);
-        for(auto item : r1) print(item);
+        for (const auto& item : *r1) print(item);
     }
 }