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		RotsiserMho on Sept 18, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: C++ Core Guidelines You just described std::shared_ptr and std::weak_ptr. I recommend doing some more reading on the subject.

seivan on Sept 19, 2015 [–]

Thanks, I will! But it doesn't change what Blow said, and what I agreed with. It becomes ugly and takes more space than I need to. My class becomes weak_ptr and what I want to use becomes the template. You should also look into his talk about c++ and its weaknesses.

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