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The Myth of Smart Pointers (www.logikalsolutions.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

the fact that it's possible (and not even especially difficult) to misuse smart pointers badly enough to produce program crashes and undefined behavior is still a fundamental weakness of C++ as a language

I would argue it’s the natural state of C++. Crashes and UB lurk in every shadow, ready to pounce upon the unwary programmer.

It’s a powerful tool, but it’s not very forgiving.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I agree that it's the natural state of C++, and my point is that this is makes C++ not a good choice when an alternative that has all the strengths of C++ and none of the weaknesses exists.