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The Myth of Smart Pointers (www.logikalsolutions.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year 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.

[–] 5C5C5C 2 points 1 year 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.