Re: [Boost-users] [boost-thread] memory leak (according toBoost.Test)

From: Sohail Somani (s.somani_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-07 12:31:33

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden] 
> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of 
> n.torrey.pines_at_[hidden]
> 
> On 3/6/07, Sohail Somani <s.somani_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> > If you make 10 threads or 1 thread, it's the same amount of memory
> > that goes without deallocation.
> 
> That appears to be correct. I wonder though why Boost.Thread needs to
> leak memory at all: was that a choice or an oversight?
> 
> Those test messages look bad. If I were to distribute a test suite
> with my software, I'd have to tell the user to take it easy and make
> sure only 32 bytes got leaked.

You'd have to find the source of that specific message to be sure. I
think its to do with some singleton used in the Windows version of
Boost.Thread.