# Page about vtkSmartPointer

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/page-about-vtksmartpointer/4449
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 19, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/page-about-vtksmartpointer/4449 "2020-10-19T21:48:47Z")
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### Author: ![amaclean](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/amaclean/32/224_2.png) [@amaclean](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/amaclean)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/page-about-vtksmartpointer/4449/4 "2020-10-20T20:59:52Z")

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Indeed, I did introduce a brief discussion of the vtk pointers in **3.11.2 VTK Pointer Classes** in [https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/textbook/-/tree/master/VTKBook](https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/textbook/-/tree/master/VTKBook)

Also there has been a lot of good discussion here [[vtkNew and vtkSmartPointer](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtknew-and-vtksmartpointer/469)]([vtkNew and vtkSmartPointer](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtknew-and-vtksmartpointer/469)) and here [[vtkSmartPointer and vtkNew in VTK’s API. Best practices?](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtksmartpointer-and-vtknew-in-vtks-api-best-practices/518)]([vtkSmartPointer and vtkNew in VTK's API. Best practices?](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtksmartpointer-and-vtknew-in-vtks-api-best-practices/518)).

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