How do reference-counting smart pointer's avoid or handle reference-counter overflows?

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Created May 22, 2017 Edited May 22, 2017

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In a naive reference-counting smart pointer implementation, the reference-counter could overflow. How is this overflow avoided or handled in C++ standard library implementations?

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How do reference-counting smart pointer's avoid or handle reference-counter overflows?

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