id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
4640,Fixed-sized array constructor can have unintended consequences,boost@…,Beman Dawes,"As initially reported here:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/208444

The fixed-size array constructor takes the whole array, not accounting for possible null-terminators in the array.

Here is a more obvious test case that shows the problem:

{{{
void
array_ctor_test()
{
    char buf[256];
    strcpy(buf, ""mydir/mysubdir"");
 
    bfs::path p1(buf);
    bfs::path p2(&buf[0]);
    assert(p1 == p2); // Passes, because char-compares up to null
 
    p1 /= ""extra"";
    p2 /= ""extra"";
    assert(p1 == p2); // fail
}
}}}
",Bugs,closed,To Be Determined,filesystem,Boost 1.44.0,Problem,fixed,fixed size array constructor,