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Using smart pointers for class members

I'm having trouble understanding the usage of smart pointers as class members in C++11. I have read a lot about smart pointers and I think I do understand how unique_ptr and shared_ptr/weak_ptr work in general. What I don't understand is the real usage. It seems like everybody recommends using unique_ptr as the way to go almost all the time. But how would I implement something like this: ...