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Subject: Re: [Boost-users] asio UDP message packet loss even on localhost?
From: Ákos Maróy (akos_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-22 11:12:42


On 22/10/10 17:08, Michael Caisse wrote:
> On 10/22/2010 7:53 AM, Ákos Maróy wrote:
>>
>> actually an asio::buffer object is created in send(), which copies the
>> contents over. this is the same pattern as used in the same sample code
>> quoted above.
>
> This is a common error. The asio::buffer simply wraps the memory and
> provides a starting location and size. You still must manage the memory.
>
> <http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_44_0/doc/html/boost_asio/reference/buffer.html>

thanks for pointing this out. it would be nice to get rid of this wrong
pattern in the 'official' example code too :)


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