box2d CreateFixture with b2FixtureDef gives pure virtual function call - runtime-error

Question

i have this code that gives me run time error in the line :
body->CreateFixture(&boxDef)
im using cocos2d-x 2.1.5 with box2d 2.2.1 in windows
CCSprite *sprite = CCSprite::create(imageName.c_str());
this->addChild(sprite,1);
b2BodyDef bodyDef;
bodyDef.type = isStatic?b2_staticBody:b2_dynamicBody;
bodyDef.position.Set((position.x+sprite->getContentSize().width/2.0f)/PTM_RATIO,
(position.y+sprite->getContentSize().height/2.0f)/PTM_RATIO);
bodyDef.angle = CC_DEGREES_TO_RADIANS(rotation);
bodyDef.userData = sprite;
b2Body *body = world->CreateBody(&bodyDef);
b2FixtureDef boxDef;
if (isCircle)
{
b2CircleShape circle;
circle.m_radius = sprite->getContentSize().width/2.0f/PTM_RATIO;
boxDef.shape = &circle;
}
else
{
b2PolygonShape box;
box.SetAsBox(sprite->getContentSize().width/2.0f/PTM_RATIO, sprite->getContentSize().height/2.0f/PTM_RATIO);
boxDef.shape = &box;
}
if (isEnemy)
{
boxDef.userData = (void*)1;
enemies->insert(body);
}
boxDef.density = 0.5f;
body->CreateFixture(&boxDef) //<-- HERE IS THE RUN TIME ERROR
;
when i debug the box2d code im getting to b2Fixture.cpp
in the method :
void b2Fixture::Create(b2BlockAllocator* allocator, b2Body* body, const b2FixtureDef* def)
in the line :
m_shape = def->shape->Clone(allocator);
getting the runtime error :
R6025 pure virtual function call

Answer 1

Tricky one. I ran into this myself a couple times. It has to do with variable scope.
The boxDef.shape is the problem. You create the shapes as local variables in the if/else blocks and then assign them to boxDef. As soon as execution leaves the if/else block scope those local variables will be garbage. The boxDef.shape now points to freed memory.
The solution is to keep the shape variables in scope by moving the circle and box shape declarations before the if/else block.