Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3405: boost/interprocess is incompatible to Win9x

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3405: boost/interprocess is incompatible to Win9x
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-09-05 23:57:56

#3405: boost/interprocess is incompatible to Win9x
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 Reporter:  anonymous         |       Owner:  igaztanaga  
     Type:  Support Requests  |      Status:  new         
Milestone:  Boost 1.41.0      |   Component:  interprocess
  Version:  Boost 1.40.0      |    Severity:  Problem     
 Keywords:                    |  
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Comment(by anonymous):

 not very cool. sorry.

 To make boost/interprocess/sync/*_lock.hpp useable under Win98 you not
 only need to wrap get_file_size and set_file_pointer_ex - you also must
 overcome a strange assumption set_file_pointer_ex does...
 It assumes that if you point the file-pointer over the actual size of the
 file and call SetEndOfFile afterwards, the file not only increases (what
 is true and documented) - the remaining bytes are initialized by zero.
 I cant find that this is documented - the documentation for
 SetFilePointerEx says "leaving the intervening bytes uninitialized" ...
 but it seems to work under XP ...
 I would call this a bug...
 but maybe its not the beauty that counts anyway...

 (sorry, but after crawling this part of the boost-code i lost some respect
 points for the project...)

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3405#comment:2>
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