20 General utilities library [utilities]

20.11 Smart pointers [smartptr]

20.11.2 Shared-ownership pointers [util.smartptr]

20.11.2.2 Class template shared_ptr [util.smartptr.shared]

20.11.2.2.1 shared_ptr constructors [util.smartptr.shared.const]

In the constructor definitions below, enables shared_from_this with p, for a pointer p of type Y*, means that if Y has an unambiguous and accessible base class that is a specialization of enable_shared_from_this ([util.smartptr.enab]), then remove_cv_t<Y>* shall be implicitly convertible to T* and the constructor evaluates the statement:

if (p != nullptr && p->weak_this.expired())
  p->weak_this = shared_ptr<remove_cv_t<Y>>(*this, const_cast<remove_cv_t<Y>*>(p));

The assignment to the weak_this member is not atomic and conflicts with any potentially concurrent access to the same object ([intro.multithread]).

constexpr shared_ptr() noexcept;

Effects: Constructs an empty shared_ptr object.

Postconditions: use_count() == 0 && get() == nullptr.

template<class Y> explicit shared_ptr(Y* p);

Requires: Y shall be a complete type. The expression delete[] p, when T is an array type, or delete p, when T is not an array type, shall be well formed, shall have well defined behavior, and shall not throw exceptions. When T is U[N], Y(*)[N] shall be convertible to T*; when T is U[], Y(*)[] shall be convertible to T*; otherwise, Y* shall be convertible to T*.

Effects: When T is not an array type, constructs a shared_ptr object that owns the pointer p. Otherwise, constructs a shared_ptr that owns p and a deleter of an unspecified type that calls delete[] p. When T is not an array type, enables shared_from_this with p. If an exception is thrown, delete p is called when T is not an array type, delete[] p otherwise.

Postconditions: use_count() == 1 && get() == p.

Throws: bad_alloc, or an implementation-defined exception when a resource other than memory could not be obtained.

template<class Y, class D> shared_ptr(Y* p, D d); template<class Y, class D, class A> shared_ptr(Y* p, D d, A a); template <class D> shared_ptr(nullptr_t p, D d); template <class D, class A> shared_ptr(nullptr_t p, D d, A a);

Requires: D shall be CopyConstructible and such construction shall not throw exceptions. The destructor of D shall not throw exceptions. The expression d(p) shall be well formed, shall have well defined behavior, and shall not throw exceptions. A shall be an allocator ([allocator.requirements]). The copy constructor and destructor of A shall not throw exceptions. When T is U[N], Y(*)[N] shall be convertible to T*; when T is U[], Y(*)[] shall be convertible to T*; otherwise, Y* shall be convertible to T*.

Effects: Constructs a shared_ptr object that owns the object p and the deleter d. When T is not an array type, the first and second constructors enable shared_from_this with p. The second and fourth constructors shall use a copy of a to allocate memory for internal use. If an exception is thrown, d(p) is called.

Postconditions: use_count() == 1 && get() == p.

Throws: bad_alloc, or an implementation-defined exception when a resource other than memory could not be obtained.

template<class Y> shared_ptr(const shared_ptr<Y>& r, element_type* p) noexcept;

Effects: Constructs a shared_ptr instance that stores p and shares ownership with r.

Postconditions: get() == p && use_count() == r.use_count().

Note: To avoid the possibility of a dangling pointer, the user of this constructor must ensure that p remains valid at least until the ownership group of r is destroyed.  — end note ]

Note: This constructor allows creation of an empty shared_ptr instance with a non-null stored pointer.  — end note ]

shared_ptr(const shared_ptr& r) noexcept; template<class Y> shared_ptr(const shared_ptr<Y>& r) noexcept;

Remarks: The second constructor shall not participate in overload resolution unless Y* is compatible with T*.

Effects: If r is empty, constructs an empty shared_ptr object; otherwise, constructs a shared_ptr object that shares ownership with r.

Postconditions: get() == r.get() && use_count() == r.use_count().

shared_ptr(shared_ptr&& r) noexcept; template<class Y> shared_ptr(shared_ptr<Y>&& r) noexcept;

Remarks: The second constructor shall not participate in overload resolution unless Y* is compatible with T*.

Effects: Move constructs a shared_ptr instance from r.

Postconditions: *this shall contain the old value of r. r shall be empty. r.get() == nullptr.

template<class Y> explicit shared_ptr(const weak_ptr<Y>& r);

Requires: Y* shall be compatible with T*.

Effects: Constructs a shared_ptr object that shares ownership with r and stores a copy of the pointer stored in r. If an exception is thrown, the constructor has no effect.

Postconditions: use_count() == r.use_count().

Throws: bad_weak_ptr when r.expired().

template <class Y, class D> shared_ptr(unique_ptr<Y, D>&& r);

Remarks: This constructor shall not participate in overload resolution unless Y* is compatible with T* and unique_ptr<Y, D>::pointer is convertible to element_type*.

Effects: If r.get() == nullptr, equivalent to shared_ptr(). Otherwise, if D is not a reference type, equivalent to shared_ptr(r.release(), r.get_deleter()). Otherwise, equivalent to shared_ptr(r.release(), ref(r.get_deleter())). If an exception is thrown, the constructor has no effect.