*string allocates it's own copy of the string, so your pmem pointer is leaked. STL's string templates manage their own memory, you never need to use new or delete to [de]allocate for them. --Mark Storer Software Engineer Cardiff Software #include <disclaimer> typdef std::disclaimer<Cardiff> Discard;

-----Original Message----- From: Aaron Campbell [mailto:yg-boost-users@m.gmane.org] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 1:22 PM To: boost-users@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Boost-Users] shared_ptr memory leak (newb)

why does this leak memory from the first call to "new"? how can I prevent the leak?

wchar_t* pmem = new wchar_t[10]; boost::shared_ptrstd::wstring cp ( new std::wstring(pmem) );

thanks for the help, .Aaron

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