Refs #21293: Apply last comment

Signed-off-by: Mario Dominguez <[email protected]>

Author: Mario-DL

src/cpp/utils/RefCountedPointer.hpp

@@ -59,13 +59,17 @@ class RefCountedPointer
     /**
      * @brief Explicit constructor.
      * @param ptr Pointer to manage.
+     *
+     * @pre nullptr != ptr. We must ensure that the pointer we
+     * are manaing is valid.
      */
     explicit RefCountedPointer(
             T* ptr)
         : ptr_(ptr)
         , is_active_(true)
         , instances_(0)
     {
+        assert(nullptr != ptr);
     }
 
     ~RefCountedPointer() = default;