If class "Pool" inherits from enable_shared_from_this the documentation says I'm able to do the following. shared_ptr<Pool> aPool = shared_from_this(); The minimal code I've included shows that this isn't happening. The code compiles but I get this error "tr1::bad_weak_ptr". What should I be doing different? Ryan [CODE] //C++ Includes #include <exception> #include <iostream> #include <vector> #include <algorithm> //Boost Includes #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp> #include <boost/enable_shared_from_this.hpp> class pool : public boost::enable_shared_from_this< pool > { private: using boost::enable_shared_from_this< pool >::shared_from_this; public: boost::shared_ptr<int> get(void) { boost::shared_ptr<pool> aPool = shared_from_this(); //This is where the tr1::bad_weak_ptr happens. return boost::shared_ptr<int>(new int); } }; int main(int argc, char * argv[]) { try { pool * myPool = new pool; boost::shared_ptr<int> a = myPool->get(); } catch (std::exception & exception) { std::cout << exception.what() << std::endl; } return 0; }