• In computer science, a smart pointer is an abstract data type that simulates a pointer while providing added features, such as automatic memory management...
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    Dangling pointers and wild pointers in computer programming are pointers that do not point to a valid object of the appropriate type. These are special...
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    I do consider assignment statements and pointer variables to be among computer science's "most valuable treasures." Donald Knuth, Structured Programming...
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    implemented using "smart pointers" whose constructors, destructors, and assignment operators manage the references. A smart pointer can be passed by reference...
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    In the C++ programming language, auto_ptr is an obsolete smart pointer class template that was available in previous versions of the C++ standard library...
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  • atomic smart pointers (such as std::atomic<shared_ptr<T>> and std::atomic<weak_ptr<T>>) std::to_address to convert a pointer to a raw pointer calendar...
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  • operators. For example, a smart pointer class may have an operator bool() to allow it to act more like a primitive pointer: if it includes this conversion...
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  • with a minimum of hand coding. On the COM client side ATL provides smart pointers that deal with COM reference counting. The library makes heavy use of...
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  • application domains. They range from general-purpose libraries like the smart pointer library, to operating system abstractions like Boost FileSystem, to...
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  • C. Bounds-checking elimination Smart pointer Tagged pointer Reese, Richard (2013). Understanding and Using C Pointers: Core Techniques for Memory Management...
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    including core data structures such as Vec, Option, and HashMap, as well as smart pointer types. Rust also provides a way to exclude most of the standard library...
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  • destroyed. For this purpose, the C++11 standard library defines the smart pointer classes std::unique_ptr for single-owned objects and std::shared_ptr...
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  • provide automatic reference counting to simplify object use. In C++, a smart pointer can be used to automate reference count management. The following are...
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    tracking a given plain pointer. This introduces the possibility of having two (or more) smart pointers tracking the same plain pointer (which causes corruption...
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  • become unstable or crash. This can be partially remedied by the use of smart pointers, but these add overhead and complexity. Garbage collection does not...
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  • via smart pointers. In the constructor of the smart pointer, an object can be requested from the pool, and in the destructor of the smart pointer, the...
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    tie-breaking three-pointer with 47 seconds left to help the Celtics claim a 119–114 victory over the New York Knicks. On January 7, 2017, Smart scored a season-high...
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  • inappropriate use of pointers can lead to undefined behavior in a program, particularly due to dangling pointers or wild pointers. Smart pointers are opaque data...
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  • C++03 language standard. The additions include regular expressions, smart pointers, hash tables, and random number generators. TR1 was not a standard itself...
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    identify the entity. Some of these advantages can also be achieved using smart pointers. Components have no game code (behavior) inside of them. The components...
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  • implements several commonly used tools: typelist, functor, singleton, smart pointer, object factory, visitor and multimethods. Originally the library was...
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  • operator->()->y. Meyers, Scott (October 1999), "Implementing operator->* for Smart Pointers" (PDF), Dr. Dobb's Journal, Aristeia. Although a :: punctuator exists...
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  • Roguelike Separated Engine and Interface Short Menus Singleton Sink Smart Pointer Software Above the Level of a Single Device Some Rights Reserved Source...
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  • The Big Two). A ready-to-go example of this approach is the use of smart pointers instead of plain ones. Because implicitly-generated constructors and...
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  • Some also offer support for also creating workspaces that behave like Smart pointer classes. Finally, there is (limited, as of April 2020) support for allowing...
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    against using new directly for creating dynamic objects in favor of smart pointers through make_unique<T> for single ownership and make_shared<T> for reference-counted...
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  • applied to a pointer to the object. Usually that operation occurs within another destructor, typically the destructor of a smart pointer object. In inheritance...
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    STL-compatible iterators to NCollection classes. "Handle" smart-pointer now uses NULL pointer instead of a special value 0xfefd0000. Added bounding volume...
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  • automatically when the program leaves the scope that contains them. Smart pointer Siracusa, John (July 20, 2011). "Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: the Ars Technica...
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  • management in C++ is usually done via constructors, destructors, and smart pointers. The C++ standard permits garbage collection, but does not require it...
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