Re: [Boost-users] [interprocess] garbage chars when extending interprocess strings?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [interprocess] garbage chars when extending interprocess strings?
From: John M. Dlugosz (mpbecey7gu_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-07-31 08:06:29

On 7/31/2011 1:39 AM, Anthony Foiani wrote:
>
>       typedef boost::interprocess::basic_string<
>           ShmCharType,
>           std::char_traits<  ShmCharType>,
>           ShmCharAllocatorType
>       >  ShmStringType;
>

A string allocator will affect the storage of the stored characters, but doesn't affect 
the structure that is the body of the basic_string instance itself.

Perhaps the actual string instance is not being shared?  The other process has its own 
version and doesn't see the change to length.