Boost::interprocess::string

Morning all,

I've been experimenting with boost::interprocess::managed_shared_memory, but one thing I can't seem to get to cooperate for me is boost::interprocess::string, and I'm having a lot of trouble finding any sort of tutorial online on how to use it.

With other containers like vector and map I know I have to:

Code:

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using boost::interprocess;

typedef allocator<ThingToStore, managed_shared_memory::segment_manager> ThingToStoreAllocator;
typedef vector<ThingToStore, ThingToStoreAllocator> ThingVector;

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Then later...

Code:

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const ThingToStoreAllocator *thingAllocator = new ThingAllocator(sharedSpace.get_segment_manager());
m_thingVector = sharedSpace.construct<ThingVector>("m_thingVector")(*thingAllocator);

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But I'm having trouble figuring how to how to set up an interprocess string.

I've been trying by just typedefing boost::interprocess::string to BoostString and using that as an interprocess variable in the shared space. Interestingly enough for a long time I thought this was working just fine, but now I'm discovering it seems like if I stick to a small number of characters it works (the other process can read it just fine) but if I go larger I'm writing beyond what the other process thinks it is and segfaults.

Anyone have any experience in this?