Scott Meyers' Effective STL :: C++

Hi.

I am studying more advanced C++ via Scott Meyer's Effective STL. I have not read any of his previous books including the C++ series. He does an exceptional job introducing invaluable advices on the use of STL. I am still reading it.

He makes references to a term that I am not familiar with. He mentions "reference counting" about vector and string containers. What is it?

Thanks,
Kuphryn

The concept of the reference count is simply to share chunks of data between objects by keeping a count of how many are using it. When no more objects refer to that memory, the chunk is released.

Okay. Thanks.

Kuphryn