Subject: Re: [boost] Solving Robert's singleton problem
From: Alexander Grund (alexander.grund_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-10-30 17:17:46
>> The problem has already been fixed, by Alexander Grund. The fix, in
>> its latest incarnation, is in #131.
>>
>> To recap,
>>
>> - the Serialization library crashes on exit in certain scenarios, as
>> demonstrated by the tests in #111 and #128.
>>
>> - this is caused by the fact that singleton<X>::is_destroyed() always
>> returns false, as demonstrated by the test in #129.
>>
>> (At extended_type_info_typeid.cpp:99, the code tests
>> singleton<tkmap>::is_destroyed(), and if false, proceeds to use
>> singleton<tkmap>::get_mutable_instance(). But since is_destroyed
>> always returns false, the check doesn't work and doesn't prevent the
>> library from accessing the destroyed tkmap in the scenario in question.)
>>
>> - a fix for is_destroyed() is proposed in #131. It makes the tests
>> from #111/#128/#129 pass.
>
> Hmmm - OK - I'll take yet another look at this.
>
> Robert Ramey
With the upcoming release of 1.69 can we get those PRs finally merged
now? What is still missing?