How can one quickly and efficiently copy a group of shared pointers from one array into another in C++? Create a list of potential responses to the challenge at hand. Do shared pointers and the objects they control get copied when they're copied? Explain

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How can one quickly and efficiently copy a group of shared pointers from one array into another in C++? Create a list of potential responses to the challenge at hand. Do shared pointers and the objects they control get copied when they're copied? Explain

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To quickly and efficiently copy a group of shared pointers from one array into another in C++, you can use the std::copy algorithm from the <algorithm> header. Here are some potential responses to this challenge:

 

  1. Use std::copy with the std::begin and std::end functions to copy the shared pointers from one array to another:
        std::copy(std::begin(src_array), std::end(src_array), std::begin(dest_array));
 
 
  1. If the destination array already contains shared pointers and you want to replace them, you can use std::copy with the std::move_iterator to move the pointers.
          std::copy(std::make_move_iterator(std::begin(src_array)),
          std::make_move_iterator(std::end(src_array)),
          std::begin(dest_array));
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