[Boost-users] delete shared_ptr object???

From: Dan Bikel (dbikel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-28 17:10:52

Rather disturbingly, the following code compiles (at least, with g++-3.3.2):

   #include "boost/shared_ptr.hpp"
   using namespace boost;
   class X {};
   int main() {
     const shared_ptr<X> y;
     delete y;
   }

Normally, when you compile code with delete applied to a non-pointer 
type, you get a compile-time error.  What's going on here?

TIA,
Dan.