Re: boost::shared_ptr weirdness

["Murray Cumming" <murrayc murrayc com>]

> 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.

valgrind's memcheck is incredibly useful for these kinds of problems.

Murray Cumming
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