Re: [Boost-users] [boost::shared_ptr] Memory is not freed

On 27 March 2011 23:57, Panagiotis Foteinos wrote:

Hello users. Could you think of any scenarios that would cause the observed behaviour?

Any ideas would be welcome.

OS: Ubuntu 64 Compiler: gcc version 4.4.3

Best Regards, Panagiotis Foteinos

Sounds like cyclic references[1] for which you may need to use weak_ptr 's. [1]http://www.codeproject.com/KB/stl/boostsmartptr.aspx#Cyclic%20References