[Boost-users] regex instantiation crashes at program exit

Subject: [Boost-users] regex instantiation crashes at program exit
From: Gianfranco Zuliani (gianfranco.zuliani_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-04-23 10:25:17

Hi,

I get a crash when trying to instantiate a boost::regex during program shutdown. I've boiled down the code to this:

#include <boost/regex.hpp>
#include <boost/thread.hpp>

struct Object {
    ~Object() {
        boost::regex param("a");
    }
    static Object& Instantiate() {
        static boost::thread_specific_ptr<Object> theObject;

        if (theObject.get() == 0)
            theObject.reset(new Object);

        return *theObject;
    }
};

int main() {
    Object::Instantiate();
    boost::regex param("a");
    return 0;
}

Program exists fine if I comment out the boost::regex instantiation in main.

I'm using Boost v. 1.42, Visual Studio 2008 Pro on Windows 7 SP1 64 bit. Test program is 64 bit too.

TIA, Gianfranco