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Smart Pointers & Memory Management in C++

  • Smart pointers are modern C++'s elegant solution to automatic and safer memory management.
  • unique_ptr ensures a single owner of the allocated object, automatically deleting the object when it goes out of scope.
  • shared_ptr allows for shared ownership through reference counting, deleting the object when the count reaches zero.
  • weak_ptr observes a shared_ptr without increasing the reference count, ideal for scenarios like avoiding circular references.

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