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Return a `shared_ptr` object referring to and managing a new `ARRAY_TYPE` object, where `ARRAY_TYPE` is a bounded array. The specified `basicAllocator` will be used to supply a single contiguous region of memory holding the returned shared pointer's internal representation and the new `ARRAY_TYPE` object, and each element in the array is default constructed.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_sharedptr.h>`

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template<
    class ARRAY_TYPE,
    class ALLOC>
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allocate_shared(ALLOC basicAllocator)
requires is_bounded_array<ARRAY_TYPE>::value &&
                                                     !is_pointer<ALLOC>::value;
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