Re: [Boost-users] shmem - Allocating enough space. open and allocate.

From: Andrea Carbone (andrea.carbone_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-09 16:16:20

> 
> In short, there is no way to know beforehand how much space it will be 
> wasted in bookkeeping, since it depends on the number of allocations, 
> the alignment, the number of named parameters, their length, the type of 
> index...

Yes, I see ...

> If you need a raw, classic shared memory, I would recommend you to use 
> Boost.Interprocess:
> 
> http://boost-consulting.com/vault/index.php?&direction=0&order=&directory=Concurrent%20Programming

wow ... I missed this ....
> 
> Interprocess is the official Boost name for Shmem. I surely will remove 
> Shmem from the vault soon because I want people to use Interprocess. In 
> interprocess you can create a classic shared memory segment like this:

That's what I needed ... cool ...

> Regards,

Best,
Amdrea
> 
> Ion