diff --git a/include/array_view.h b/include/array_view.h
index 98bbadf..3502076 100644
--- a/include/array_view.h
+++ b/include/array_view.h
@@ -686,6 +686,17 @@ namespace details
 	{
 		return TypeListIndexer<TypeChain>(obj);
 	}
+
+	template <size_t Rank, typename ValueType, bool Enabled = (Rank > 1), typename Ret = std::enable_if_t<Enabled, index<Rank - 1, ValueType>>>
+	constexpr Ret shift_left(const index<Rank, ValueType>& other) noexcept
+	{
+		Ret ret;
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < Rank - 1; ++i)
+		{
+			ret[i] = other[i + 1];
+		}
+		return ret;
+	}
 }
 
 template <typename IndexType>
@@ -790,7 +801,7 @@ public:
 	
 	constexpr index_type index_bounds() const noexcept
 	{
-		size_type extents[rank];
+		size_type extents[rank] = {};
 		m_ranges.serialize(extents);
 		return{ extents };
 	}
@@ -826,11 +837,11 @@ class strided_bounds
 
 public:
 	static const size_t rank = Rank;
-	using reference       = typename SizeType&;
-	using const_reference = typename const SizeType&;
-	using size_type       = typename SizeType;
-	using difference_type = typename SizeType;
-	using value_type      = typename SizeType;
+	using reference       = SizeType&;
+	using const_reference = const SizeType&;
+	using size_type       = SizeType;
+	using difference_type = SizeType;
+	using value_type      = SizeType;
 	using index_type      = index<rank, size_type>;
 	using iterator        = bounds_iterator<index_type>;
 	using const_iterator  = bounds_iterator<index_type>;
@@ -1254,7 +1265,7 @@ namespace details
 	constexpr std::enable_if_t<std::is_same<typename Bounds::mapping_type, contiguous_mapping_tag>::value, typename Bounds::index_type> make_stride(const Bounds& bnd) noexcept
 	{
 		auto extents = bnd.index_bounds();
-		Bounds::size_type stride[Bounds::rank];
+		typename Bounds::size_type stride[Bounds::rank] = {};
 
 		stride[Bounds::rank - 1] = 1;
 		for (size_t i = 1; i < Bounds::rank; ++i)
@@ -1264,17 +1275,6 @@ namespace details
 		return{ stride };
 	}
 
-	template <size_t Rank, typename ValueType, bool Enabled = (Rank > 1), typename Ret = std::enable_if_t<Enabled, index<Rank-1, ValueType>>>
-	constexpr Ret shift_left(const index<Rank, ValueType>& other) noexcept
-	{
-		Ret ret;
-		for (size_t i = 0; i < Rank - 1; ++i)
-		{
-			ret[i] = other[i + 1];
-		}
-		return ret;
-	}
-
 	template <typename BoundsSrc, typename BoundsDest>
 	void verifyBoundsReshape(const BoundsSrc &src, const BoundsDest &dest)
 	{
diff --git a/tests/array_view_tests.cpp b/tests/array_view_tests.cpp
index a56d0f2..f84e908 100644
--- a/tests/array_view_tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/array_view_tests.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <UnitTest++/UnitTest++.h> 
 #include <array_view.h>
 #include <numeric>
+#include <limits>
 #include <array>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
@@ -1197,7 +1198,7 @@ SUITE(array_view_tests)
 
 		// to smaller (failure)
 		{
-			index<2, int> big_int_index{ INT_MAX, 1 };
+			index<2, int> big_int_index{ std::numeric_limits<int>::max(), 1 };
 			CHECK_THROW((Convert<2,int, short int>(big_int_index)), fail_fast);
 		}
 
@@ -1239,10 +1240,10 @@ SUITE(array_view_tests)
 
 		// to bigger with max index
 		{
-			index<2, int> big_int_index{ INT_MAX, 1 };
+			index<2, int> big_int_index{ std::numeric_limits<int>::max(), 1 };
 			index<2, long long> longlong_index{ big_int_index };
 
-			CHECK(longlong_index[0] == INT_MAX);
+			CHECK(longlong_index[0] == std::numeric_limits<int>::max());
 			CHECK(longlong_index[1] == 1);
 		}
 
@@ -1269,7 +1270,7 @@ SUITE(array_view_tests)
 
 		// to smaller (failure)
 		{
-			index<1, int> big_int_index{ INT_MAX };
+			index<1, int> big_int_index{ std::numeric_limits<int>::max() };
 
 			CHECK_THROW((Convert<1, int, short int>(big_int_index)), fail_fast);
 		}
@@ -1308,10 +1309,10 @@ SUITE(array_view_tests)
 
 		// to bigger with max index
 		{
-			index<1, int> big_int_index{ INT_MAX };
+			index<1, int> big_int_index{ std::numeric_limits<int>::max() };
 			index<1, long long> longlong_index{ big_int_index };
 
-			CHECK(longlong_index[0] == INT_MAX);
+			CHECK(longlong_index[0] == std::numeric_limits<int>::max());
 		}
 
 		// to bigger, sign mismatch