When I initialize a pointer by direct passing the object (&circle) it works. When creating a pointer (circle_ref(&circle)) and passing circle_ref to the constructor I get a segmentation fault.

Here is the code:

CircleTarget::CircleTarget(float radius, sf::Texture& texture, sf::Vector2f pos)
: circle(radius)
, circle_ref(&circle)
, Entity(pos, circle_ref) // Initialize the base class Entity with reference to circle
, hitbox(this)
{}

vs:

CircleTarget::CircleTarget(float radius, sf::Texture& texture, sf::Vector2f pos)
: circle(radius)
, circle_ref(&circle)
, Entity(pos, &circle) // Initialize the base class Entity direct passing circle
, hitbox(this)
{}

I’m curious what’s going on here. Note the signature of Entity constructor expects a pointer to the base class of circle: sf::Shape*