Re: [boost] shared_ptr under OS X

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-23 12:34:48

Matt Hurd wrote:

> The testing failed.  There should be a test that warns if a correct
> result occurs when it should fail.

I believe that the tests do detect the problem in question... they just 
weren't being run under the problematic configuration. We first heard of the 
problem after the RC has gone out, and it was too late.

> Perhaps you should be able to "opt out" to a mutex implementation via
> a #define.

You can:

#define BOOST_SP_USE_PTHREADS

It's even documented:

http://www.boost.org/libs/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.htm#ThreadSafety

(at the end of the section.)