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