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std::shared_ptr<T>::unique

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std::shared_ptr
bool unique() const noexcept;
(deprecated in C++17)
(removed in C++20)

Checks if *this is the only shared_ptr instance managing the current object, i.e. whether use_count() == 1.

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[edit] Parameters

(none)

[edit] Return value

true if *this is the only shared_ptr instance managing the current object, false otherwise.

[edit] Notes

This function was deprecated in C++17 and removed in C++20 because use_count() == 1 is meaningless in multithreaded environment (see Notes in use_count).

[edit] Example

#include <iostream> 
#include <memory> 
 
int main() 
{ 
    auto sp1 = std::make_shared<int>(5);
    std::cout << std::boolalpha;
    std::cout << "sp1.unique() == " << sp1.unique() << '\n'; 
 
    std::shared_ptr<int> sp2 = sp1; 
    std::cout << "sp1.unique() == " << sp1.unique() << '\n'; 
}

Output:

sp1.unique() == true
sp1.unique() == false

[edit] See also

returns the number of shared_ptr objects referring to the same managed object
(public member function) [edit]

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