What do you want me to say? If nothing in your code owns a resource and needs to dispose of it when it's done, then obviously, you don't need smart pointers. I'

What do you want me to say? If nothing in your code owns a resource and needs to dispose of it when it's done, then obviously, you don't need smart pointers. I'm not here to evangelize, I'm trying to understand why someone would straight out refuse to use a language that offered more options if needed. I'm also wondering if you've heard about std::span, given your use case. I would be surprised if you weren't rebuilding much of that functionality.