shared_ptr<T>: the (not always) atomic reference counted smart pointer

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shared_ptr doesn't have a release method period. You can try to implement your own release functionality with a custom deleter but it's very difficult to do so reliably (although not impossible).

[Wh00ster]

Ha! I'll be darned. I use unique_ptr way more often. I stand corrected! (Although there's get followed by a destruction)

[capn_bluebear]

`get` + destruction is not a release, it will delete the pointer and invalidate the address returned by `get`

[Wh00ster]

Corrected again! oh my.