Re: boost::shared_ptr weirdness

[Justin Kirby <justin-news openaether org>]

Paul Davis <pjdavis engineering uiowa edu> writes:

> Has anyone ever noticed weird behavior with boost::shared_ptrs and
> widgets?  I've been getting some random segfaults when closing my
> programs.  They seem to be coming from removing a container that
> contains a widget that is a member of an object referenced by a
> shared_ptr.  I think.  I haven't gotten it to be reproducible.  I'm
> just using this as a shot in the dark to see if there are documented
> no-no's for using boost's shared pointers or something.


boost::shared_ptr<> is not thread safe. Other than that, they behave
like any other object. I tend to use Glib::RefPtr<> in gtkmm code
and boost::shared_ptr<> in libs and other non UI dependent code.

Justin