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C++ pointers: why we need them, when we use them, how they differ from accessing to object itself

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Even though most programmers understand what is the difference between objects and pointers to them, sometimes it is not entirely clear, which of the ways of accessing the object to choose. We have tried to answer this question below.

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The long arrow operator in C++

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Sometimes, we need to create wrapper types. For example, types like unique_ptr, shared_ptr, optional and similar.

Usually, these types have an accessor member function called .get but they also provide the operator-> to support direct access to the contained value similarly to what ordinary pointers do.
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