Index: src/InitTweak/FixInit.cpp
===================================================================
--- src/InitTweak/FixInit.cpp	(revision 9ddcee10f8009f7d349eb15c2cfa983e3265d88e)
+++ src/InitTweak/FixInit.cpp	(revision 647d633294d7c8a3d0e1372bff5560a51ee2ad58)
@@ -1134,5 +1134,5 @@
 			ast::Expr * thisExpr = new ast::CastExpr(funcDecl->location, new ast::VariableExpr(funcDecl->location, thisParam ), thisParam->get_type()->stripReferences());
 			ast::Expr * memberDest = new ast::MemberExpr(funcDecl->location, field, thisExpr );
-			ast::ptr<ast::Stmt> callStmt = SymTab::genImplicitCall( srcParam, memberDest, loc, function->name, field, static_cast<SymTab::LoopDirection>(isCtor) );
+			const ast::Stmt * callStmt = SymTab::genImplicitCall( srcParam, memberDest, loc, function->name, field, static_cast<SymTab::LoopDirection>(isCtor) );
 
 			if ( callStmt ) {
Index: src/InitTweak/GenInit.cc
===================================================================
--- src/InitTweak/GenInit.cc	(revision 9ddcee10f8009f7d349eb15c2cfa983e3265d88e)
+++ src/InitTweak/GenInit.cc	(revision 647d633294d7c8a3d0e1372bff5560a51ee2ad58)
@@ -239,5 +239,5 @@
 					if ( varExpr->var == retVal ) return stmt;
 				}
-				ast::ptr<ast::Stmt> ctorStmt = genCtorDtor(
+				const ast::Stmt * ctorStmt = genCtorDtor(
 					retVal->location, "?{}", retVal, stmt->expr );
 				assertf( ctorStmt,
@@ -327,5 +327,5 @@
 void ManagedTypes::endScope() { managedTypes.endScope(); }
 
-ast::ptr<ast::Stmt> genCtorDtor (const CodeLocation & loc, const std::string & fname, const ast::ObjectDecl * objDecl, const ast::Expr * arg) {
+const ast::Stmt * genCtorDtor( const CodeLocation & loc, const std::string & fname, const ast::ObjectDecl * objDecl, const ast::Expr * arg ) {
 	assertf(objDecl, "genCtorDtor passed null objDecl");
 	InitExpander srcParam(arg);
Index: src/InitTweak/GenInit.h
===================================================================
--- src/InitTweak/GenInit.h	(revision 9ddcee10f8009f7d349eb15c2cfa983e3265d88e)
+++ src/InitTweak/GenInit.h	(revision 647d633294d7c8a3d0e1372bff5560a51ee2ad58)
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@
 
 /// generates a single ctor/dtor statement using objDecl as the 'this' parameter and arg as the optional argument
-ast::ptr<ast::Stmt> genCtorDtor (const CodeLocation & loc, const std::string & fname, const ast::ObjectDecl * objDecl, const ast::Expr * arg = nullptr);
+const ast::Stmt * genCtorDtor( const CodeLocation & loc, const std::string & fname, const ast::ObjectDecl * objDecl, const ast::Expr * arg = nullptr );
 
 /// creates an appropriate ConstructorInit node which contains a constructor, destructor, and C-initializer