diff --git a/shared_ptr_example2.cpp b/shared_ptr_example2.cpp
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+// Boost shared_ptr_example2 implementation file  -----------------------------//
+
+#include "shared_ptr_example2.hpp"
+#include <iostream>
+
+class example::implementation
+{
+ public:
+  ~implementation() { std::cout << "destroying implementation\n"; }
+};
+
+example::example() : _imp( new implementation ) {}
+example::example( const example & s ) : _imp( s._imp ) {}
+
+example & example::operator=( const example & s )
+  { _imp = s._imp; return *this; }
+
+void example::do_something()
+  { std::cout << "use_count() is " << _imp.use_count() << "\n"; }
+
+example::~example() {}
diff --git a/shared_ptr_example2.hpp b/shared_ptr_example2.hpp
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+//  Boost shared_ptr_example2 header file  -----------------------------------//
+
+#include <boost/smart_ptr.hpp>
+
+//  This example demonstrates the handle/body idiom (also called pimpl and
+//  several other names).  It separates the interface (in this header file)
+//  from the implementation (in shared_ptr_example2.cpp).
+
+//  Note that even though example::implementation is an incomplete type in
+//  some translation units using this header, shared_ptr< implementation >
+//  is still valid because the type is complete where it counts - in the
+//  shared_ptr_example2.cpp translation unit where functions requiring a
+//  complete type are actually instantiated.
+
+class example
+{
+ public:
+  example();
+  ~example();
+  example( const example & );
+  example & operator=( const example & );
+  void do_something();
+ private:
+  class implementation;
+  boost::shared_ptr< implementation > _imp; // hide implementation details
+};
+
diff --git a/shared_ptr_example2_test.cpp b/shared_ptr_example2_test.cpp
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+// Boost shared_ptr_example2_test main program  ------------------------------//
+
+#include "shared_ptr_example2.hpp"
+
+int main()
+{
+  example a;
+  a.do_something();
+  example b(a);
+  b.do_something();
+  example c;
+  c = a;
+  c.do_something();
+  return 0;
+}
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