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Boost's stacktrace library doesn't work with C++ CLI

I have been using the Boost stacktrace library to print out a stacktrace of my program.

Boost 1.78.0

When compiling with pure C++ it compiles and my program prints the stacktrace nicely. However when compiling with C++ /CLI, my program doesn't print the stacktrace.

Here is my reproducable example :

#include <boost/stacktrace.hpp>
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main() {
    std::stringstream stack;
    stack << boost::stacktrace::stacktrace();
    std::string stacktrace = stack.str();      // The string "stacktrace" is empty when running with C++ CLI
    std::cout << stacktrace;
}

Compiling this with C++ /CLI doesn't print the stacktrace to stdout, whereas compiling with pure C++ does print it to stdout.

Another thing is that when I use boost/stacktrace/stacktrace.hpp instead of boost/stacktrace.hpp my program fails to print the stacktrace even in pure C++.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find any references to this issue on stack overflow.

I am on Windows, and I'm using Visual Studio 2022.

I am using Boost version Version: 1.78.0.

I installed boost with vcpkg.

Thank you

Solution

  • I don't think Boost Stacktrace claims CLR support.

    I'd expect some output, but not particularly useful output.

    Of course, in CLR mode, you can use .NET stacktraces: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.diagnostics.stacktrace?view=net-6.0

    Another thing is that when I use boost/stacktrace/stacktrace.hpp instead of boost/stacktrace.hpp my program fails to print the stacktrace even in pure C++.

    That's probably because that's not correct usage. There's many nuts and bolts to configuring the library correctly, see https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_79_0/doc/html/stacktrace/configuration_and_build.html. One of the possible configurations leads to no-op implementation.