[Boost-users] [Filesystem] Crashes with global const path

From: Hughes, James (jhughes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-28 11:06:35

Hello all,

We have had problems with boost::path when used as a const global
variable, using gcc on ARM Linux. Example code (typed in the the email
so probably missing code, but this is the basic premise)

#include <boost/filesystem/path.hhp>

const boost::path test = "/usr/bin/whatever";

main()
{
        //something
}

This crashes prior to getting to main, obviously whilst the path is
being set up during initialisation.

Is this a known problem? Is there a way round it? Have we misunderstood
something important?

Path works fine elsewhere, its only when some sort of initialisation
code is called that it goes pear shaped.

James

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