What happens to an expired weak_ptr in a map

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I would like to understand what happens to an entry (of type boost::weak_ptr) in a map whose weak_ptr has expired. Does the corresponding entry in the map get automatically deleted?

The key is an integer and corresponding value is a weak_ptr.

Sample code I wrote, but could not get it to compile

    #include <iostream>
    #include <map>
    #include <boost/enable_shared_from_this.hpp>

    using namespace std;

    class Foo : public boost::enable_shared_from_this<Foo> {
    public:
        Foo(int n = 0) : bar(n) {
            std::cout << "Foo: constructor, bar = " << bar << '\n';
        }
        ~Foo() {
            std::cout << "Foo: destructor, bar = " << bar << '\n';
        }
        int getBar() const { return bar; }
        boost::shared_ptr<Foo> inc_ref() {
            return shared_from_this();
        }
    private:
            int bar;
    };

    std::map<int, boost::weak_ptr<Foo> > mappy;

    int main()
    {
        boost::shared_ptr<Foo> sptr(new Foo(1));

        std::pair<std::map<int, boost::weak_ptr<Foo> >::iterator, bool> res = 
mappy.insert(std::make_pair(10, sptr));

        if (!res.second ) {
            cout << "key already exists "
                             << " with value " << (res.first)->second << "\n";
        } else {
            cout << "created key" << "\n";
        }

        std::cout << "sptr use count  "<< sptr.use_count() << '\n';

        sptr.reset();

        std::cout << "sptr use count  "<< sptr.use_count() << '\n';

        std::map<int, boost::weak_ptr<Foo>, std::less<int> >::iterator map_itr = mappy.find(10);
        if (map_itr == mappy.end()) {
            cout << "Entry removed" << "\n";
        } else {
            cout << "Entry found: " << map_itr << "\n";
        }

        return 0;
    }

The documentation of WeakSet in Java says that the entry is removed when the weak_ptr expires. So thought of checking if the map exhibits a similar (or undefined) behavior.

Thanks!

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