What is the object owner referred to in the Google C++ Style Guide?
<p>The <a href="http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/cppguide.xml#Smart_Pointers" rel="nofollow">Google Style Guide for C++</a> says, in the section about smart pointers:</p>

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<li>We prefer designs in which objects have single, fixed owners.</li>
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<p>I don't fully understand the sentence.</p>

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<li>What is the object owner?</li>
<li>Is it just the pointer?</li>
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