id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 8894 shared_array cannot be constructed from a null pointer constant Jonathan Wakely Peter Dimov "I would expect the following to compile: {{{ #include #include int main() { boost::shared_ptr p1(NULL); boost::shared_ptr p2(NULL); boost::shared_array p3(NULL); // ERROR #if __cplusplus >= 201103L boost::shared_ptr p4(nullptr); boost::shared_ptr p5(nullptr); boost::shared_array p6(nullptr); // ERROR #endif } }}} With Boost 1.47 the shared_array initializations did compile with NULL and nullptr." Bugs closed To Be Determined smart_ptr Boost 1.54.0 Problem fixed