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Unhandled handling when trying to use std::shared_ptr with custom deleter in C++14

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I'm working with an unhandled exception when trying to use `std::shared_ptr` with a custom deleter in my C++14 project. The goal is to manage dynamic memory for a class that has a non-trivial destructor. Here's a simplified version of my code: ```cpp #include <iostream> #include <memory> class MyClass { public: MyClass() { std::cout << "MyClass constructed." << std::endl; } ~MyClass() { std::cout << "MyClass destructed." << std::endl; } }; void customDeleter(MyClass* ptr) { std::cout << "Custom deleter called." << std::endl; delete ptr; } int main() { std::shared_ptr<MyClass> ptr(new MyClass(), customDeleter); return 0; } ``` When I run this code, I get an exception: `terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc'`. I have tried using a lambda as a custom deleter instead, but I still encounter the same exception. When I remove the custom deleter and use the default, everything works fine. After digging through the code, I suspect that the scenario might be related to the way I'm defining the custom deleter or how `std::shared_ptr` manages the lifetime of the object. I also noticed that if I directly delete the pointer in the `main` function (without using `shared_ptr`), it works as expected: ```cpp MyClass* myObject = new MyClass(); delete myObject; ``` Is there something I'm missing about how `std::shared_ptr` works with custom deleters in C++14? Any help would be greatly appreciated.