id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 3115 make_shared and allocate_shared for arrays Jeremiah Willcock Peter Dimov There are make_shared and allocate_shared functions in Boost.SmartPtr to allocate single objects and return shared_ptrs, but there is no equivalent that allocates many objects and returns a shared_array. This new functionality would have the same benefits as the functions that return pointers to single objects. Feature Requests closed To Be Determined smart_ptr Boost 1.38.0 Not Applicable wontfix