[boost] [Locale] Static locale initialisation

5 Apr 2010

      I'm encountering a crash with Boost.Locale as the process terminates

I initialise the global Boost.Locale in the contructor of a class with a
single static instance (the ATL module to be exact) as I don't have access
to the code of my main method (it comes from the Boost.Test runner).   A
static object seems to be the only logical place to put this code:

#include <boost/locale.hpp> // boost::locale::generator

class CModule : public ATL::CAtlModule
{
public :
    CModule() : ATL::CAtlModule()
    {
        try
        {
            // Initialise Boost.Locale translation mechanism
            generator gen;
            gen.add_messages_path("C:/My/Path");
            gen.add_messages_domain("swish");
            std::locale::global(gen("")); // default locale
        }
        catch (std::exception) {}
    }

    HRESULT AddCommonRGSReplacements(IRegistrarBase*) { return S_OK; }
};

CModule _AtlModule; // Global module instance

However, when I run my EXE, it crashes as it terminates with:
Unhandled exception at 0x5ba43d93 (msvcp80d.dll) in test-shell_folder.exe:
0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x0321f4e4.

and the following stack trace:

msvcp80d.dll!std::_DebugHeapDelete<std::locale::facet>(std::locale::facet *
_Ptr=0x023af590)
msvcp80d.dll!_Deletegloballocale(void * ptr=0x5bb25258)
msvcp80d.dll!tidy_global()
msvcp80d.dll!_Init_atexit::~_Init_atexit()
msvcp80d.dll!`dynamic atexit destructor for 'init_atexit''()
msvcp80d.dll!_CRT_INIT(void * hDllHandle=0x5ba30000, unsigned long
dwReason=0x00000000, void * lpreserved=0x00000001)
msvcp80d.dll!__DllMainCRTStartup(void * hDllHandle=0x5ba30000, unsigned
long dwReason=0x00000000, void * lpreserved=0x00000001)
msvcp80d.dll!_DllMainCRTStartup(void * hDllHandle=0x5ba30000, unsigned long
dwReason=0x00000000, void * lpreserved=0x00000001)
ntdll.dll!_LdrpCallInitRoutine@16()
ntdll.dll!_LdrShutdownProcess@0()
ntdll.dll!_RtlExitUserProcess@4()
kernel32.dll!76843b69()
msvcr80d.dll!__crtExitProcess(int status=0x00000000)
msvcr80d.dll!doexit(int code=0x00000000, int quick=0x00000000, int
retcaller=0x00000000)
msvcr80d.dll!exit(int code=0x00000000)
test-shell_folder.exe!__tmainCRTStartup()
test-shell_folder.exe!mainCRTStartup()

If I move the initialisation code to run just before each point I need to
use translate() then it works fine.  So maybe this has something to do with
the way static data is destroyed.  This is on Windows - not sure about
other platforms.

Any ideas?

Many thanks.

Alex Lamaison

P.S. I realise Boost.Locale isn't in Boost yet but previous discussions
have been here so it seems a reasonable place to ask.

[boost] [Locale] Static locale initialisation

Alexander Lamaison