What are potential dangers when using boost::shared_ptr?

Question

What are some ways you can shoot yourself in the foot when using boost::shared_ptr? In other words, what pitfalls do I have to avoid when I use boost::shared_ptr?

Answer 1

Creating multiple unrelated shared_ptr's to the same object:

#include 
#include "boost/shared_ptr.hpp"

class foo
{
public:
    foo() { printf( "foo()\n"); }

    ~foo() { printf( "~foo()\n"); }
};

typedef boost::shared_ptr pFoo_t;

void doSomething( pFoo_t p)
{
    printf( "doing something...\n");
}

void doSomethingElse( pFoo_t p)
{
    printf( "doing something else...\n");
}

int main() {
    foo* pFoo = new foo;

    doSomething( pFoo_t( pFoo));
    doSomethingElse( pFoo_t( pFoo));

    return 0;
}