C++ 20 (2a) New Features - Atomic Smart Pointers

The video tutorial discusses atomic smart pointers in C++, focusing on their behavior in multithreading environments. It explains the use of J threads and shared pointers, highlighting the atomic nature of control blocks but not the pointer values. The video identifies issues with shared pointers in concurrent threads and proposes a solution using atomic shared pointers, although current compilers do not support this yet. The tutorial concludes with a preview of the next topic on efficient atomic waiting.

How can shared pointers be made truly atomic according to the video?

What is the expected outcome when atomic smart pointers are correctly implemented in compilers?