Weak Pointers
std::weak_ptr is the last component of the smart pointers family. Its purpose is limited compared to the other smart pointers, 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, since it supports no transparent access to the resource; it only borrows the resource from an std::shared_ptr.
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