Re: [Boost-users] Assignment of boost::dll::import_symbol to boost::shared_ptr fails to compile

On Sat, Jun 14, 2025, 07:16 Yuri via Boost-users < boost-users@lists.boost.org> wrote:

I've encountered the compilation error with this program with boost-libs-1.88.0:

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It seems that such assignment should work.

Boost.DLL now uses std::shared_ptr. Quoting release notes https://www.boost.org/releases/1.88.0/ :

boost::dll:import_* functions now return std::shared_ptr rather than boost::shared_ptr. Define BOOST_DLL_USE_BOOST_SHARED_PTR to restore the old behavior, however note that the macro will be removed in one of the upcomming Boost releases.

So for the above case I'd recommend to use `auto` or switch to std::shared_ptr.