Le pointeur intelligent RefPtr

Glib::RefPtr is a smartpointer. Specifically, it is a reference-counting smartpointer. You might be familiar with std::unique_ptr<> and std::shared_ptr<>, which are also smartpointers. In gtkmm-4.0 Glib::RefPtr<> is an alias for std::shared_ptr<>, which is reference-counting. Glib::RefPtr<> was introduced long before there was a reference-counting smartpointer in the C++ Standard Library.

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Un pointeur intelligent se comporte plus ou moins comme un pointeur normal. Voici quelques exemples.