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Shared_ptr<T>: the (not always) atomic reference counted smart pointer (2019)

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51 points klaussilveira | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 14:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.322s | source
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TillE ◴[31 Aug 25 11:50 UTC] No.45082460[source]▶
> VisualC++ doesn’t have its source code available

Got all the way here and had to look back up to see this post was from 2019. The MSVC standard library has been open source for several years now. https://github.com/microsoft/STL

Though to be perfectly honest, setting a breakpoint and looking at the disassembly is probably easier than reading standard library code.

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1. snfernandez ◴[31 Aug 25 14:44 UTC] No.45083530[source]▶
I was working at MS at the time and actually had access to the source code (my project involved devdiv). I don't remember the exact details, but I opted for not adding any of my "private" knowledge to the post.

I agree with you that I prefer looking at optimized assembly with symbols rather than following code through files (which are usually filled with #ifdefs and macros).