diff --git a/sprout/bitset/bitset.hpp b/sprout/bitset/bitset.hpp
index 87959923..d66213dd 100644
--- a/sprout/bitset/bitset.hpp
+++ b/sprout/bitset/bitset.hpp
@@ -699,7 +699,8 @@ namespace sprout {
 
 			SPROUT_CXX14_CONSTEXPR word_type&
 			getword(std::size_t) SPROUT_NOEXCEPT {
-				return throw std::out_of_range("base_bitset::getword"), *new word_type();
+				typedef word_type* type;
+				return throw std::out_of_range("base_bitset::getword"), *type();
 			}
 			SPROUT_CONSTEXPR word_type
 			getword(std::size_t) const SPROUT_NOEXCEPT {
diff --git a/sprout/checksum/sha1.hpp b/sprout/checksum/sha1.hpp
index 594c8807..5b7250af 100644
--- a/sprout/checksum/sha1.hpp
+++ b/sprout/checksum/sha1.hpp
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ namespace sprout {
 				}};
 		}
 		SPROUT_CXX14_CONSTEXPR void process_block() {
-			std::uint32_t w[80];
+			std::uint32_t w[80] = {};
 			for (std::size_t i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
 				w[i] = (block_[i * 4 + 0] << 24);
 				w[i] |= (block_[i * 4 + 1] << 16);
diff --git a/sprout/uuid/uuid.hpp b/sprout/uuid/uuid.hpp
index 0e065d04..1d4db7dc 100644
--- a/sprout/uuid/uuid.hpp
+++ b/sprout/uuid/uuid.hpp
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ namespace sprout {
 			SPROUT_CXX14_CONSTEXPR pointer c_array() SPROUT_NOEXCEPT {
 				return &elems[0];
 			}
-			SPROUT_CONSTEXPR const_pointer c_array() SPROUT_NOEXCEPT {
+			SPROUT_CONSTEXPR const_pointer c_array() const SPROUT_NOEXCEPT {
 				return &elems[0];
 			}
 			SPROUT_CXX14_CONSTEXPR void assign(const_reference value) {