[Boost-users] shared_ptr misuse?

From: Jason House (jhouse_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-23 16:28:35

I have the contents of a shared pointer getting corrupted by a default 
constructor of another object.  My best guess as to how this could be 
happening is that I am using references to shared pointers for coding 
convenience.

Is it possible for code like the following to cause a problem?

{
   boost::shared_ptr<my_class> &x = a.b.c.d.e.f.g;
   if (x.get() == NULL)
     { pointer_empty(); }
   else
     { other_actions(x->get()); }
}

PS: I found this in a header file (#define BOOST_VERSION 103000)