Editing Observer pattern (section)

===C++===
This is a C++11 implementation.
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#include <functional>
#include <iostream>
#include <list>

class Subject; //Forward declaration for usage in Observer

class Observer
{
public:
    explicit Observer(Subject& subj);
    virtual ~Observer();
  
    Observer(const Observer&) = delete; // rule of three
    Observer& operator=(const Observer&) = delete;

    virtual void update( Subject& s) const = 0;
private:
    // Reference to a Subject object to detach in the destructor
    Subject& subject;
};

// Subject is the base class for event generation
class Subject
{
public:
    using RefObserver = std::reference_wrapper<const Observer>;
  
    // Notify all the attached observers
    void notify()
    {
        for (const auto& x: observers) 
        {
            x.get().update(*this);
        }
    }
  
    // Add an observer
    void attach(const Observer& observer) 
    {
        observers.push_front(observer);
    }
  
    // Remove an observer
    void detach(Observer& observer)
    {
        observers.remove_if( [&observer ](const RefObserver& obj)
        { 
            return &obj.get()==&observer; 
        });
    }
  
private:
    std::list<RefObserver> observers;
};

Observer::Observer(Subject& subj) : subject(subj)
{
    subject.attach(*this);
}

Observer::~Observer()
{
    subject.detach(*this);
}


// Example of usage
class ConcreteObserver: public Observer
{
public:
    ConcreteObserver(Subject& subj) : Observer(subj) {}
  
    // Get notification
    void update(Subject&) const override
    {
        std::cout << "Got a notification" << std::endl;
    }
};

int main() 
{
    Subject cs;
    ConcreteObserver co1(cs);
    ConcreteObserver co2(cs);
    cs.notify();
}
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The program output is like

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Got a notification
Got a notification
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