Boost.Interprocess hack for Windows (#202)

src/ipc.cc

@@ -215,3 +215,16 @@ MemorySegmentPool::~MemorySegmentPool() {
     bip::shared_memory_object::remove(segment_name.c_str());
   }
 }
+
+#if defined(WIN32) || defined(_WIN32)
+namespace boost {
+  namespace interprocess {
+    namespace ipcdetail {
+      windows_bootstamp windows_intermodule_singleton<windows_bootstamp>::get() {
+        // HACK: Only do this for Windows as there seems to be no better workaround. Possibly undefined behavior!
+        return reinterpret_cast<windows_bootstamp const &>(std::string("BOOTSTAMP"));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+#endif

src/ipc.h

@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <limits>
 
+#if defined(WIN32) || defined(_WIN32)
+namespace boost {
+  namespace interprocess {
+    namespace ipcdetail {
+      template<typename C, bool LazyInit = true, bool Phoenix = false>
+      class windows_intermodule_singleton;
+      struct windows_bootstamp;
+      template<>
+      class windows_intermodule_singleton<windows_bootstamp> {
+      public:
+        static windows_bootstamp get();
+      };
+    }
+  }
+}
+#endif
+
 #include <boost/interprocess/managed_shared_memory.hpp>
 
 #include <arrow/api.h>