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Re:Why would you learn C++ in 2016? by mhaymo on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @11:06AM (#11488768)
Forgive my ignorance, but doesn't std::unique_ptr communicate the same restriction, and therefore enable the same optimisations?
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Re:Why would you learn C++ in 2016? by firethief on Thursday April 14, 2016 @01:13AM (#11494429)
unique_ptr has unique ownership; it's not an error to use other pointers to the same data (just a bad idea).
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