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Raw pointers are fine in many contexts, especially when a reference would not do (e.g. when it's optional).

• whimsicalism 6y ago
  > Raw pointers are fine in many contexts, especially when a reference would not do (e.g. when it's optional). I didn't say "always use references", I said, never use raw pointers. Since shared_ptrs can be null, I don't see why this is a valid counterargument.