If you have to pass objects across threads which smart pointer type is best to use?
Assuming the object being passed is thread safe.
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If you have to pass objects across threads which smart pointer type is best to use?
Assuming the object being passed is thread safe.
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shared_ptrwould work for sharing data. Its counter is atomic, so you won’t run into problems there, and when the last thread is done it goes away.