Top "Weak-ptr" questions

About thread-safety of weak_ptr

std::shared_ptr<int> g_s = std::make_shared<int>(1); void f1() { std::shared_ptr<…

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What is diffrence between lock() and expired()? weak_ptr C++

Recently I started at C++11. I studied about weak_ptr. There exist two ways of getting raw pointer. lock() function …

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std::unique_ptr vs std::shared_ptr vs std::weak_ptr vs std::auto_ptr vs raw pointers

What are the equivalent uses of each smart pointer in comparison to similar (but not limited to) some advanced techniques …

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shared_ptr and cyclic references

I was trying with the cyclic references for boost::shared_ptr, and devised following sample: class A{ // Trivial class public: …

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What's the performance penalty of weak_ptr?

I'm currently designing a object structure for a game, and the most natural organization in my case became a tree. …

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Binding to a weak_ptr

Is there a way to std::bind to a std::weak_ptr? I'd like to store a "weak function" callback …

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Is there a weak_ptr equivalent to shared_from_this?

I have a class which I know will always be owned by a std::shared_ptr. However passing shared_ptr …

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Do I have to use weak_ptr.lock() just to test if it points to a valid object?

It seems kind of inefficient to have to create a temporary shared_ptr just to see if the weak_ptr …

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What's the difference between raw pointer and weak_ptr?

As in title. This question probably already has an answer but I failed to find one.

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How to make a c++11 std::unordered_set of std::weak_ptr

I have a set like this: set<weak_ptr<Node>, owner_less<weak_ptr<Node&…

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