boost, shared ptr Vs weak ptr? Which to use when?

Question

In my current project I am using boost::shared_ptr quite extensively.

Recently my fellow team mates have also started using weak_ptr. I don

Answer 1

You should probably not be trying to use weak pointers at all unless you are trying to implement a garbage collector, which is not a hot idea in C++ because it's too hard to keep track of everything that could go wrong closely enough.