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millstone on May 15, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mistakes to avoid with C++ 11 smart pointers

Unfortunately a const shared_ptr is like a const raw pointer: you can't change the pointer itself, but can still modify what it points to.

Too on May 15, 2016 [–]

You can do const shared_ptr<const type>, it's like a const * const raw pointer.

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