Introduction
Explore the fundamentals of smart pointers in C++ to manage memory safely and efficiently. Understand the roles of unique_ptr, shared_ptr, and weak_ptr, and how they apply the RAII principle to control resource lifetimes and ownership.
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Introduction #
Smart pointers are one of the most important additions to C++ because they enable us to implement explicit memory management in C++. Beyond the deprecated std::auto_ptr, C++ offers three different smart pointers. They are defined in the header <memory>.
First, there is std::unique_ptr, which models the concept of exclusive ...