Re: [boost] [1.41.0] Beta 1 release candidate

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.41.0] Beta 1 release candidate
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-03 12:58:41

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:38 PM, K. Noel Belcourt <kbelco_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>
> Beman Dawes wrote:
>
>> 1.41.0 beta 1 release candidates are available at http://
>> boost.cowic.de/rc/
>>
>> Before pushing the beta out to SourceForge, I'd appreciate it if
>> several people would try the release candidate and report success or
>> problems.
>>
>
> Hi Beman,
>
> A couple of minor documentation issues.  I noticed that these libraries are
> not listed in the Libraries Listed Alphabetically, though they are listed in
> the Libraries by Category.  Perhaps someone could add them to the
> alphabetical listing?
>
> conversion/lexical_cast - lexical_cast class template, from Kevlin Henney
>

Added. Listed under the lexical_cast name, as that's where people will look
for it.

> result_of - determines the type of a function call expression.
>

Added.

> base-from-member - Idiom to initialize a base class with a member, from
> Daryle Walker.
>

That's one of several listed as "Utilities". While they probably should be
broken out separately, I don't have the patience at the moment.

These changes will go in the release, but not the beta.

Thanks,

--Beman