Re: [Boost-users] [Boost.Test] valgrind complains about invalid reads

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Boost.Test] valgrind complains about invalid reads
From: Scott Banachowski (sbanacho_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-16 21:50:30

I agree with Peter here, the destructor for test_unit should be virtual.  I find that it is being deleted when test_unit* is a stored in reference counted pointer, and at program exit it is being deleted by calling ~test_unit().  If you use a derived class (test_suite), this is leading to an error.

Also, in the code I'm looking at (1.40.0), the test_suite class has a virtual destructor, but its base class test_unit does not.  Not making the base class virtual seems to be defeating the purpose. 

Scott