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[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This is a very pedantic complaint. Given that you haven't read past the first sentence, I'm not really sure what to discuss here.

"Smart pointer" is commonly used to refer to reference-counted pointers that free automatically.