Pointers and References: Design Goals and Use Cases
Other languages were made for banning pointers, are they really terrible?
Aug 4, 20217 min read185
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Ownership Semantics
This series explores Ownership semantics in the modern C++. We discuss pointer types and references, implement simple version of smart pointer.
On Pointer Types: Peeking at Reference Semantics
In this article, I aim to introduce the concept and motivation behind using pointers. There are breeds of C++ developers that only use smart pointers for safety reasons, others that only use raw pointers for performance benefits, and some that use bo...
Aug 12, 202111 min read117
Implementing Building Blocks of Reference Semantics: Unique Reference
Let's build our version of `std::unique_ptr<T>`!
Aug 17, 20217 min read67
Implementing Building Blocks of Reference Semantics: Shared Reference
let's write our version of std::shared_ptr<T>
Aug 20, 20218 min read207
Implementing Building Blocks of Reference Semantics: Weak Reference
let's write our version of std::weak_ptr<T>
Aug 25, 20217 min read65