<a class="link" href="weak_ptr.html" title="Class template weak_ptr">weak_ptr</a> class template stores a "weak reference" to an object that's already managed by a <a class="link" href="shared_ptr.html" title="Class template shared_ptr">shared_ptr</a>. To access the object, a <a class="link" href="weak_ptr.html" title="Class template weak_ptr">weak_ptr</a> can be converted to a <a class="link" href="shared_ptr.html" title="Class template shared_ptr">shared_ptr</a> using the <a class="link" href="shared_ptr.