Re: [boost] [local] Review request

Subject: Re: [boost] [local] Review request
From: Ronald Garcia (rxg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-05-16 20:06:38

Hi Lorenzo,

I have received your message and have added the Local library to the review schedule,

Best,
Ron

On May 14, 2011, at 3:38 PM, Lorenzo Caminiti wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I happy to announce that I have released Boost.Local 0.2.0
> incorporating the many valuable suggestions that I have received from
> this mailing list.
> 
> I would like to request to add Boost.Local to the review schedule and
> for any volunteer to be the review manager. Thank you!
> 
> Boost.Local supports local functions, local blocks, and local exits
> for C++. For example:
> 
> #include <boost/local/function.hpp>
> #include <boost/local/block.hpp>
> #include <boost/local/exit.hpp>
> 
> #include <algorithm>
> #include <iostream>
> #include <cassert>
> 
> int main() {
>    double sum = 0.0;
>    int factor = 10;
> 
>    void BOOST_LOCAL_FUNCTION_PARAMS(double num,
>            const bind factor, bind& sum) {
>        sum += factor * num;
>        std::cout << "Summed: " << sum << std::endl;
>    } BOOST_LOCAL_FUNCTION_NAME(add)
>    add(100.0);
> 
>    size_t size = 2;
>    double* nums = new double[size];
>    BOOST_LOCAL_EXIT(const bind& size, bind nums) {
>        if (size && nums) delete[] nums;
>        std::cout << "Freed array: " << nums << std::endl;
>    } BOOST_LOCAL_EXIT_END
> 
>    nums[0] = 90.5; nums[1] = 7.0;
>    std::for_each(nums, nums + size, add); // `add` as template parameter
> 
>    BOOST_LOCAL_BLOCK(const bind& sum) {
>        assert(sum == 1975.0); // so far `sum` is 10*100+10*90.5+10*7=1975
>        std::cout << "Asserted summation: " << sum << std::endl;
>    } BOOST_LOCAL_BLOCK_END
> 
>    return 0;
> }
> 
> Documentation: http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/local/libs/local/doc/html/index.html
> Source code: http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/local/
> 
> Release Notes for Version 0.2.0 (2011-05-14)
> 1. Replaced parenthesized syntax with variadic and sequencing macro syntaxes.
> 2. Profiled library performances against other approaches.
> 3. Replaced virtual functor trick with casting functor trick (for
> smaller run-time).
> 4. Optimized library run-time (rearranging code and not using casting
> functor trick on compilers that accept local classes as template
> parameters).
> 5. Added BOOST_LOCAL_FUNCTION_NAME(inline ...) and
> BOOST_LOCAL_FUNCTION_NAME(recursive ...).
> 6. Added BOOST_LOCAL_TYPEOF.
> 7. Added bind(type) to specify bind type explicitly (skipping
> Boost.Typeof type deduction).
> 8. Removed boost::local::function (use boost::function instead).
> 9. Added boost::local::function::overload to overload local functions
> (and functors in general).
> 10. Implemented support for nesting local functions, blocks, and exits
> into one another.
> 
> Boost.Local was used by Gregory Crosswhite in one of his project:
> https://github.com/gcross/CodeSearch
> 
> -- 
> Lorenzo
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