id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 12454 multi_array: operator= does not resize array martin.koerner@… Ronald Garcia "Hello, the copy operator does not resize the array in contrast to the copy constructor, which does. That is a pitfall. In case of a multi_array_ref the size cannot be changed, but for a multi_array it can and it also should change the size. #include int main() { boost::multi_array a(boost::extents[3][4]); boost::multi_array b = a; // ok boost::multi_array c; // has size [0][0] c = a; // fails return 0; }" Feature Requests new To Be Determined multi_array Boost 1.61.0 Problem