The following are two excerpts from the CrashReporter log (template parameters edited out for brevity). Might anyone have any hint or clue as to why we only see this on MAC OS X x86 and not on any other of our platforms?
 
 
Exception:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes:      KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000148
 Thread 1 Crashed:
0   libSystem.B.dylib         0x901509c2 swap_m88k_thread_state_xrf_t + 965
1   NodeConsole               0x001514a1 void boost::io::detail::put<...>(char const* const&, boost::io::detail::format_item<..> const&, boost::basic_format<..>::string_type&, char::internal_streambuf_t&, std::locale*) + 37 (feed_args.hpp:134)
2   NodeConsole               0x00151d3f void boost::io::detail::distribute<..>(boost::basic_format<..>&, char const* const&) + 279 (feed_args.hpp:239)
3   NodeConsole               0x00151d96 boost::basic_format<..>& boost::io::detail::feed<..>(boost::basic_format<..>&, char const* const&) + 46 (feed_args.hpp:252)
4   NodeConsole               0x00151e3c boost::basic_format<..>& boost::basic_format<..>::operator%<char const*>(char const* const&) + 24 (format_class.hpp:64)
5   NodeConsole               0x000050db Node::App::CreateSingletons(char const*) + 521 (App.cpp:378)
 
 
 
 
Exception:  EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (0x0002)
Thread 1 Crashed:
0   dyld                      0x8fe12fd4 stub_binding_helper_interface + 82
1   NodeConsole               0x0014e85a std::_Bvector_base<std::allocator<bool> >::_Bvector_base[not-in-charge](std::allocator<bool> const&) + 42 (stl_bvector.h:377)
2   NodeConsole               0x0014e880 std::vector<bool, std::allocator<bool> >::vector[in-charge](std::allocator<bool> const&) + 24 (stl_bvector.h:627)
3   NodeConsole               0x00155df7 boost::basic_format<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::basic_format[in-charge](char const*) + 79 (format_implementation.hpp:30)
4   NodeConsole               0x000050b8 Node::App::CreateSingletons(char const*) + 486 (App.cpp:377)