[boost] Fwd: [gsoc18] Boost.Detour & Mentor Search

Subject: [boost] Fwd: [gsoc18] Boost.Detour & Mentor Search
From: Michael Kiros (michaelakiros_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-03-15 08:36:53

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From: Michael Kiros <michaelakiros_at_[hidden]>
Date: 15 March 2018 at 02:30
Subject: Re: [boost] [gsoc18] Boost.Detour & Mentor Search
To: David Bellot <david.bellot_at_[hidden]>

Hi David,

I have written the draft of a proposal to add a new library (or work on it
during the Summer of Code 2018). It's a proposal
for the addition of Boost.Hook, a function hooking and control flow
augmentation library. It's something I've worked on
a lot in the past and would like to incorporate into Boost so that both I
and others have a centralized, agreed way of
taking an approach to function hooking. I also have plans of integrating it
with Boost.Process and some memory
mapping libraries from Boost so that there are fewer "third-party
dependencies".

Here's a link to the draft: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nh436adVvIHC_
AXTAJi6Wr_uLpM4-SSc/view?usp=sharing

I would really like to know the feedback to this and if anyone's
interesting in mentoring me during the build up
of this project. It's a very interesting, useful topic. I can assure anyone
that.

On 14 March 2018 at 07:01, David Bellot <david.bellot_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> an explanation of the idea with examples would be good.
> Please follow the instructions on https://github.com/boostorg
> /boost/wiki/Boost-Google-Summer-of-Code-2018
>
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 12:50 PM, Michael Kiros <michaelakiros_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
>
>> Would the proposal be in the form of code or just an explanation of the
>> idea?
>>
>> On Mar 14, 2018 7:41 AM, "David Bellot" <david.bellot_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> as it is a new project in Boost, ideally you want to write a first draft
>> proposal and submit it to this list too (via a link please, do not attach
>> document).
>>
>> I'm sure someone would be interested in mentoring for GSoC especially if
>> the idea is brilliantly explained.
>> As we have a few days left before submission to Google, I encourage you
>> to start working on it right now.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> David
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 8:19 AM, Michael Kiros via Boost <
>> boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm a C++ developer and have been developing in C++ for over 6 years now
>>> in
>>> my personal time. I wanted to accomplish two things with this post:
>>>
>>>    1. Propose the idea of boost::detour
>>>    2. Find a mentor in the process
>>>
>>> Boost.Detour is not something new that I'd like to implement but a
>>> concept
>>> in programming that I have been using for a very long time now and would
>>> love to have it easily accessible with the inclusion of a simple
>>> <boost/detour.hpp>. The idea is to have function hooking easily
>>> accessible
>>> to everyone using C++. Though it may seem like a niche feature, function
>>> hooking is more commonly used than most people think (e.g. modifying
>>> binaries after compilation for feature addition, reverse engineering
>>> proprietary software). It's a beautiful concept when you see it working.
>>>
>>> In the process I need a mentor to guide me through the process of putting
>>> down my ideas to paper and implementing them according to the standards
>>> that Boost holds. This includes replacing components from my library with
>>> Boost concepts (e.g. boost::process).
>>>
>>> I'm also a student at Texas Tech University studying Computer Science.
>>>
>>> Can't wait to hear from someone.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
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>>
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