I am trying to use the C++11 to support the smart pointer, but I find there is no shard_array in <memory>, so I try to use it in this way, and I know this maybe WRONG:

shared_ptr<int> sp(new int[10]);

Then run it, it coredumped as I guessed:

$ smart_ptr/Test_shared_array
Destructing a Foo with x=0
*** Error in `smart_ptr/Test_shared_array': munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer: 0x0000000001d58018 ***
[1]    14128 abort (core dumped)  smart_ptr/Test_shared_array

Use GDB to see more information:

(gdb) run
Starting program: /home/nasacj/projects/woodycxx/smart_ptr/Test_shared_array
Destructing a Foo with x=0
*** Error in `/home/nasacj/projects/woodycxx/smart_ptr/Test_shared_array': munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer: 0x0000000000603018 ***

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
0x00007ffff7530cc9 in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:56
56	../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c: No such file or directory.
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007ffff7530cc9 in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:56
#1  0x00007ffff75340d8 in __GI_abort () at abort.c:89
#2  0x00007ffff756df24 in __libc_message (do_abort=do_abort@entry=1, fmt=fmt@entry=0x7ffff767c6c8 "*** Error in `%s': %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:175
#3  0x00007ffff7578c87 in malloc_printerr (action=<optimized out>, str=0x7ffff767ca48 "munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer", ptr=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:4996
#4  0x0000000000400d9f in _M_release (this=0x603050) at /usr/include/c++/4.8/bits/shared_ptr_base.h:144
#5  ~__shared_count (this=<optimized out>, __in_chrg=<optimized out>) at /usr/include/c++/4.8/bits/shared_ptr_base.h:546
#6  ~__shared_ptr (this=<optimized out>, __in_chrg=<optimized out>) at /usr/include/c++/4.8/bits/shared_ptr_base.h:781
#7  ~shared_ptr (this=<optimized out>, __in_chrg=<optimized out>) at /usr/include/c++/4.8/bits/shared_ptr.h:93
#8  test () at Test_shared_array.cpp:30
#9  0x0000000000400bc9 in main () at Test_shared_array.cpp:36
(gdb) quit

Then I realize that in Boost, user should provide a deleter to shared_ptr:

Then I find this in stackoverflow:

By default, shared_ptr will call delete on the managed object when no more references remain to it. However, when you allocate using new[] you need to call delete[], and not delete, to free the resource.

In order to correctly use shared_ptr with an array, you must supply a custom deleter.

template< typename T >
struct array_deleter
{
  void operator ()( T const * p)
  {
    delete[] p;
  }
};

Create the shared_ptr as follows

std::shared_ptr<int> sp( new int[10], array_deleter<int>() );

Now shared_ptr will correctly call delete[] when destroying the managed object.

With C++11, you can also use a lambda instead of the functor.

std::shared_ptr<int> sp( new int[10], []( int *p ) { delete[] p; } );

Also, unless you actually need to share the managed object, a unique_ptr is better suited for this task, since it has a partial specialization for array types.

std::unique_ptr<int[]> up( new int[10] ); // this will correctly call delete[]

Now there come the shared array STD version in practice:

//#include "shared_array.h"
#include <memory>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

struct Foo
{
    Foo() : x(0) {}
	Foo( int _x ) : x(_x) {}
	~Foo() { std::cout << "Destructing a Foo with x=" << x << "\n"; }
	int x;
	/* ... */
};

template< typename T >
struct array_deleter
{
  void operator ()( T const * p)
  {
    delete[] p;
  }
};

//typedef woodycxx::smart_prt::shared_array<Foo> FooArray;
typedef shared_ptr<Foo> FooArray;

void test()
{
	FooArray(new Foo[10], array_deleter<Foo>());
}

int main()
{
	test();
	return 0;
}

The Output:

$ ./Test_shared_array
Destructing a Foo with x=0
Destructing a Foo with x=0
Destructing a Foo with x=0
Destructing a Foo with x=0
Destructing a Foo with x=0
Destructing a Foo with x=0
Destructing a Foo with x=0
Destructing a Foo with x=0
Destructing a Foo with x=0
Destructing a Foo with x=0