From e4379811a34ebc981902cbe44a4a475985a2534e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AndreaRigoni <andrea.rigoni@igi.cnr.it>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:29:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Restore legacy default allocation behavior in SmartPointer
 default constructor to fix crashes in tests

---
 src/Core/SmartPointer.h | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Core/SmartPointer.h b/src/Core/SmartPointer.h
index 8448d4c..496d367 100644
--- a/src/Core/SmartPointer.h
+++ b/src/Core/SmartPointer.h
@@ -56,8 +56,13 @@ public:
 
     /**
      * @brief Default constructor.
+     * Allocates a new T following legacy behavior.
      */
-    SmartPointer() noexcept : m_counter(nullptr) {}
+    SmartPointer() : m_counter(nullptr) {
+        if constexpr (std::is_default_constructible_v<T>) {
+            m_counter = new ReferenceCounter(new T());
+        }
+    }
 
     /**
      * @brief Constructor from nullptr.