Re: [Boost-users] [Boost.Test] Error: Non-aligned pointer being freed

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Boost.Test] Error: Non-aligned pointer being freed
From: Peter Klotz (peter.klotz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-07-04 23:56:03

Hello Sebastian

> Hello Peter,
> 
> On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Peter Klotz<peter.klotz_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> The problem you are seeing is exactly the same I reported a while ago
>> against Boost 1.37.0 (and it is still present in 1.39.0).
>>
>> Please have a look at this thread:
>>
>> http://www.nabble.com/-Boost.Test--valgrind-complains-about-invalid-reads-td20500154.html
>>
>> I finally proposed to rewrite framework_impl::clear() and to make the
>> test_unit destructor virtual. This solves the valgrind issue in my test
>> program.
> 
> Thanks for the pointer.  I looked at the code and thought the same
> thing when I saw the clean() method.  I've changed the base class
> destructor to virtual and it took care of the issue.  I've also
> reintroduced the static_constant template from 1.38 to prevent the
> 'defined but not used' warnings (see
> http://www.nabble.com/-test--gcc-4.2.1-unused-warnings-reappear-in-1.39-td24335398.html
> ).
> Attached is a patch with all the changes I've applied to 1.39.

So let's hope the patch finds its way into Boost SVN.

Regards, Peter.