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# std::weak_ptr::weak_ptr

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constexpr weak_ptr(); | (1) | (since C++11)
weak_ptr( const weak_ptr& r ); | (2) | (since C++11)
template< class Y > weak_ptr( const weak_ptr<Y>& r ); | (2) | (since C++11)
template< class Y > weak_ptr( const std::shared_ptr<Y>& r ); | (2) | (since C++11)

Constructs new `weak_ptr` that potentially shares an object with `r`.

1) Default constructor. Constructs empty `weak_ptr`.

2) Constructs new `weak_ptr` which shares an object managed by `r`. If `r` manages no object, *this manages no object too. The templated overloads don't participate in the overload resolution unless `Y*` is implicitly convertible to `T*`.

### [edit] Parameters

r | - | a std::shared_ptr or std::weak_ptr that will be viewed by this std::weak_ptr

### [edit] Exceptions

`noexcept` specification:
noexcept

### [edit] Example

Run this code

    #include <memory>
    #include <iostream>

    struct Foo {};

    int main()
    {
       std::weak_ptr<Foo> w_ptr;

       {
          auto ptr = std::make_shared<Foo>();
          w_ptr = ptr;
          std::cout << "w_ptr.use_count() inside scope: " << w_ptr.use_count() << '\n';
       }

       std::cout << "w_ptr.use_count() out of scope: " << w_ptr.use_count() << '\n';
    }

Output:

    w_ptr.use_count() inside scope: 1
    w_ptr.use_count() out of scope: 0

### [edit] See also

operator= | assigns the `weak_ptr` (public member function) [edit]

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