Smart Pointers: Weak Pointers

std::weak_ptr is the last component of the smart pointers family. Its purpose is limited compared to the other smart pointer, and we will examine why in this lesson.

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Introduction

To be honest, std::weak_ptr is not a classic smart pointer. std::weak_ptr supports no transparent access to the resource as it only borrows the resource from a std::shared_ptr.

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