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November 3, 2001 - Version 1.25.1
- Boost Build System: Continued
improvements.
- Config Library: Continued
refinements.
- Function Library: direct support for member function pointers and documentation updates.
- Boost-Users mailing list has been created to address topics of interest to users of Boost libraries.
- Boost Wiki web added. Provides a place for Boost users to openly discuss and document the use of Boost libraries. It is not officially maintained by Boost developers.
October 1, 2001 - Version 1.25.0
- Thread Library added. Portable
C++ multi-programming at last, from William Kempf.
- Base From Member added to
Utility Library. Support for the base
from member idiom, from Daryle Walker.
- Bind and
mem_fn added - Generalized binders for function/object/pointers and member functions, from Peter
Dimov.
- Array Library: Minor updates,
from Nico Josuttis.
- Config Library: major redesign with
much improved and automated configuration of Boost libraries for specific
compilers, from John Maddock.
- Random Number Library: Fixed bug when copying normal_distribution and improved the documentation, from Michael Stevens and Jens Maurer.
- Special functions,
octonions,
quaternions updated,
now useable with many more compilers, plus three new special functions,
from Hubert Holin, Eric Ford, and others.
- Tokenizer Library:
fixes/enhancements to escaped_list_separator based on empty fields and
tokens comments from Johan Nillson and Jens Maurer.
- Coming Soon - A mailing list for Boost users!
August 19, 2001 - Version 1.24.0
- Tuple Library added.
Tuples ease definition of functions returning multiple values, and more,
from Jaakko Järvi.
- Minor fixes to some other libraries.
- Boost Build System added. Preliminary
release of an innovative build system for Boost libraries, from Dave
Abrahams and others.
-
Formal Review Schedule added. Shows current, future, and recent past review dates.
July 6, 2001 - Version 1.23.0
- Any Library added. Safe, generic
container for single values of different value types, from Kevlin Henney.
- Function Library added. Function
object wrappers for deferred calls or callbacks, from Doug Gregor.
- Tokenizer Library added. Break a
string into a series of tokens, from John Bandela.
- Special functions,
octonions,
quaternions added,
from Hubert Holin.
- Smart Pointer Library:
shared_ptr polymorphic pointers now work on more broken compilers.
- IBM/Aix Compiler status table contributed
by Toon Knapen
- Minor fixes to a number of other libraries.
Revised 02 November 2001
