20 Memory management library [mem]

20.3 Smart pointers [smartptr]

20.3.2 Shared-ownership pointers [util.sharedptr]

20.3.2.2 Class template shared_ptr [util.smartptr.shared]

20.3.2.2.6 Observers [util.smartptr.shared.obs]

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element_type* get() const noexcept;
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Returns: The stored pointer.
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T& operator*() const noexcept;
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Preconditions: get() != nullptr.
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Returns: *get().
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Remarks: When T is an array type or cv void, it is unspecified whether this member function is declared.
If it is declared, it is unspecified what its return type is, except that the declaration (although not necessarily the definition) of the function shall be well-formed.
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T* operator->() const noexcept;
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Preconditions: get() != nullptr.
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Returns: get().
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Remarks: When T is an array type, it is unspecified whether this member function is declared.
If it is declared, it is unspecified what its return type is, except that the declaration (although not necessarily the definition) of the function shall be well-formed.
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element_type& operator[](ptrdiff_t i) const;
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Preconditions: get() != nullptr && i >= 0.
If T is U[N], i < N.
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Returns: get()[i].
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Throws: Nothing.
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Remarks: When T is not an array type, it is unspecified whether this member function is declared.
If it is declared, it is unspecified what its return type is, except that the declaration (although not necessarily the definition) of the function shall be well-formed.
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long use_count() const noexcept;
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Synchronization: None.
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Returns: The number of shared_ptr objects, *this included, that share ownership with *this, or 0 when *this is empty.
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[Note 1: 
get() == nullptr does not imply a specific return value of use_count().
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[Note 2: 
weak_ptr<T>​::​lock() can affect the return value of use_count().
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[Note 3: 
When multiple threads might affect the return value of use_count(), the result is approximate.
In particular, use_count() == 1 does not imply that accesses through a previously destroyed shared_ptr have in any sense completed.
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explicit operator bool() const noexcept;
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Returns: get() != nullptr.
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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
  • (18.1)
    x.owner_before(y) defines a strict weak ordering as defined in [alg.sorting];
  • (18.2)
    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.