20 General utilities library [utilities]

20.11 Smart pointers [smartptr]

20.11.4 Class template weak_­ptr [util.smartptr.weak]

20.11.4.6 Observers [util.smartptr.weak.obs]

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long use_count() const noexcept;
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Returns: 0 if *this is empty; otherwise, the number of shared_­ptr instances that share ownership with *this.
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bool expired() const noexcept;
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Returns: use_­count() == 0.
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shared_ptr<T> lock() const noexcept;
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Returns: expired() ? shared_­ptr<T>() : shared_­ptr<T>(*this), executed atomically.
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template<class U> bool owner_before(const shared_ptr<U>& b) const noexcept; template<class U> bool owner_before(const weak_ptr<U>& b) const noexcept;
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Returns: An unspecified value such that
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    x.owner_­before(y) defines a strict weak ordering as defined in [alg.sorting];
  • (4.2)
    under the equivalence relation defined by owner_­before, !a.owner_­before(b) && !b.owner_­before(a), two shared_­ptr or weak_­ptr instances are equivalent if and only if they share ownership or are both empty.