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# C++ `std::shared_ptr` partial implementation
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## The what
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C++ has something called `std::shared_ptr` as a part of the standard library.
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I implemented a subset of the functionality present in `std::shared_ptr` for a class I took in college.
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What `std::shared_ptr` does is that it holds a pointer to something on the heap and a counter to track how many `std::shared_ptr`s for that pointer exist, when that number hits 0 the pointer is freed.
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Compared to manually needing to keep track of whether anything is using a pointer it's reasonably nice.
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## What was learned
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I won't go into detail but I did not finish everything needed for this assignment.
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The simple lesson which I will undoubtedly need to relearn over and over again is that I shouldn't procrastinate, things can be harder/take longer than expected.
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