[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #4677: [filesystem] V3 filesystem::path corrupted if constructed from a local buffer

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #4677: [filesystem] V3 filesystem::path corrupted if constructed from a local buffer
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-09-22 20:39:28

#4677: [filesystem] V3 filesystem::path corrupted if constructed from a local
buffer
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 Reporter:  terminatorul@…                 |       Owner:  bemandawes
     Type:  Bugs                           |      Status:  new       
Milestone:  To Be Determined               |   Component:  filesystem
  Version:  Boost 1.44.0                   |    Severity:  Regression
 Keywords:  V3 filesystem::path corrupted  |  
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 With V3 filesystem in 1.44.0, boost::filesystem::remove_all() crashes if
 invoked with a block-local (automatic storage duration) TCHAR [] buffer
 for the pathname.

 Looks like a filesystem::path constructed this way is corrupted. The
 attached example creates 3 nested directories in %TEMP% and attempts to
 remove them. On Windows with Visual Studio 2008 this crashes with 'bad
 allocation'

 If the path is constructed from a string/wstring, or if an actual pointer
 is used to invoke remove_all(), than all is fine and no crash occurs.

 To run the sample code just create an empty VC++ project and add the .cpp
 to it.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/4677>
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