Re: [boost] Double free from UTF

Subject: Re: [boost] Double free from UTF
From: Steve M. Robbins (steve_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-09-29 02:30:12

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 08:12:39AM +0200, Juergen Hunold wrote:

> And as mentioned in another thread, using virtual destructors and 
> getting rid of the (now even old-style casts :-(( ) might be a much 
> better idea.

I second this.  The current code using an "if" statement and down
casting seems stunningly bad design, to me.  What's wrong with
the straightforward polymorphic approach?

See https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/attachment/ticket/2647/boost-test-invalid-read.patch

-S