boost ipc new and delete operators

Question

I see an example in boost ipc (inter process communication)

#include <boost/interprocess/shared_memory_object.hpp>
#include <boost/interprocess/mapped_region.hpp>
#include <boost/interprocess/sync/scoped_lock.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
#include "doc_anonymous_condition_shared_data.hpp"

using namespace boost::interprocess;

int main ()
{

   //Erase previous shared memory and schedule erasure on exit
   struct shm_remove
   {
      shm_remove() { shared_memory_object::remove("MySharedMemory"); }
      ~shm_remove(){ shared_memory_object::remove("MySharedMemory"); }
   } remover;

   //Create a shared memory object.
   shared_memory_object shm
      (create_only               //only create
      ,"MySharedMemory"           //name
      ,read_write                //read-write mode
      );
   try{
      //Set size
      shm.truncate(sizeof(trace_queue));

      //Map the whole shared memory in this process
      mapped_region region
         (shm                       //What to map
         ,read_write //Map it as read-write
         );

      //Get the address of the mapped region
      void * addr       = region.get_address();

      //Construct the shared structure in memory
      trace_queue * data = new (addr) trace_queue;

      const int NumMsg = 100;

      for(int i = 0; i < NumMsg; ++i){
         scoped_lock<interprocess_mutex> lock(data->mutex);
         if(data->message_in){
            data->cond_full.wait(lock);
         }
         if(i == (NumMsg-1))
            std::sprintf(data->items, "%s", "last message");
         else
            std::sprintf(data->items, "%s_%d", "my_trace", i);

         //Notify to the other process that there is a message
         data->cond_empty.notify_one();

         //Mark message buffer as full
         data->message_in = true;
      }
   }
   catch(interprocess_exception &ex){
      std::cout << ex.what() << std::endl;
      return 1;
   }

   return 0;
}

There is no delete operator in the example. Probably new operator used in memory region place and it can not use with delete operator. If I need to call destructor, I should simply call directly:

data->~trace_queue();

Am I right?

Answer 1

Yes, you are right as Joachim commented.

However, I'd suggest using managed_shared_memory which has the find<T>, find_or_construct<T> or construct<T> to make your life easier.

While you're at it, if you need to store many object of the same type, consider using a std::vector (or boost::container::vector) of that type, with boost::interprocess::allocator.