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Most efficient way to convert a run of Perl substitutions til boost::regex?
by Anders Johansen 27 Mar '03

27 Mar '03

Hi! I'm converting a Perl program that basically consists of a succession of regex transformations of the input string, eg.: #Case 1 - mutually exclusive endings s/erens$/\@r\@ns_/; s/ernes$/\@rn\@s_/; s/endes$/\@n\@s_/; s/estes$/\@st\@s_/; #Case 2: - a load of manipulations done in sequence s/jou/sju/g; s/jau/sjo/g; s/nch/ngk/g; Now the question is, how do I convert this to boost::regex code that runs as fast as possible. I expect to have to call the function implementing these transformations (there are /many/) about half a million times at runtime, and as I'm concerned about runtime performance, I'd obviously like to use the most efficient method available. I expect that Case #2 is simple, as I can use the regex_merge function, and nest the calls as in: static const boost::regex re1("jou"); static const boost::regex re1("jau"); static const boost::regex re1("nch"); static const std::string fs1("sju"); static const std::string fs2("sjo"); static const std::string fs3("ngk"); std::string res = regex_merge( regex_merge( regex_merge(input_string, re1, fs1) , re2, fs2) , re3, fs3); As to case 1, I guess I'd have to use a combination of the grep and format functions, and in the case as shown it'd be easy, as there is either one match or none for each line. Any suggestions wrt. improving run-time performance? Sincerely Anders S. Johansen

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Re: [Boost-Users] newbie build question (threads and win32)
by p_i_r_x＠gmx.net 27 Mar '03

27 Mar '03

From: Dave Viner [mailto:daveviner@yahoo.com] Hi, I'm trying to use Boost's threads on WIN32 using VC++ and having some difficulty. I've built the source cd D:\boost\boost_1_30_0; bjam "-sTOOLS=msvc" and after the build is done, there are some errors, but they all appear related to the regression testing. Then I cd libs\thread\build; bjam "-sTOOLS=msvc" and everything appears to work fine. However, my simple program can't compile. I get this error: d:\boost\boost_1_30_0\boost\thread\thread.hpp(17) : fatal error C1189: #error : Thread support is unavailable! My test program simply is: #include <boost/thread/thread.hpp> int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { printf("Hello World!\n"); return 0; } I can't seem to figure out why threads aren't enabled. I realize this is a very simple question, but I'd love to hear what silly thing I've done wrong. Thanks in advance for your help. dave try to set up project/settings/c++/code generation/run-time libary to multithreaded ... ciao andreas -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ Bitte lächeln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage!

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Error with Thread in 1.30.0: Tempate Depth
by Reed Hedges 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

Hello, Has anyone else had this problem? I am trying to build a program that uses the boost_thread library (v. 1.30.0), but get this error repeatedly: /usr/local/include/boost/type_traits/is_convertible.hpp: At top level: /usr/local/include/boost/type_traits/is_convertible.hpp:184: template instantiation depth exceeds maximum of 17 (use -ftemplate-depth-NN to increase the maximum) instantiating `struct boost::add_reference<VOS::AsyncConnect &>' /usr/local/include/boost/type_traits/is_convertible.hpp:184: instantiated from `boost::detail::is_convertible_impl<VOS::AsyncConnect &, boost::detail::int_convertible>' /usr/local/include/boost/type_traits/is_enum.hpp:91: instantiated from `boost::is_convertible<VOS::AsyncConnect &, boost::detail::int_convertible>' /usr/local/include/boost/type_traits/is_enum.hpp:91: instantiated from `boost::detail::is_enum_helper<false>::type<VOS::AsyncConnect &>' /usr/local/include/boost/type_traits/is_enum.hpp:91: instantiated from `boost::detail::is_enum_impl<VOS::AsyncConnect>' /usr/local/include/boost/type_traits/is_scalar.hpp:30: instantiated from `boost::is_enum<VOS::AsyncConnect>' /usr/local/include/boost/type_traits/is_scalar.hpp:30: instantiated from `boost::detail::is_scalar_impl<VOS::AsyncConnect>' /usr/local/include/boost/type_traits/is_pod.hpp:35: instantiated from `boost::is_scalar<VOS::AsyncConnect>' /usr/local/include/boost/type_traits/is_pod.hpp:35: instantiated from `boost::detail::is_pod_impl<VOS::AsyncConnect>' /usr/local/include/boost/type_traits/has_trivial_constructor.hpp:28: instantiated from `boost::is_POD<VOS::AsyncConnect>' /usr/local/include/boost/type_traits/has_trivial_constructor.hpp:28: instantiated from `boost::is_pod<VOS::AsyncConnect>' /usr/local/include/boost/type_traits/has_trivial_constructor.hpp:28: instantiated from `boost::detail::has_trivial_ctor_impl<VOS::AsyncConnect>' /usr/local/include/boost/type_traits/is_stateless.hpp:31: instantiated from `boost::has_trivial_constructor<VOS::AsyncConnect>' /usr/local/include/boost/type_traits/is_stateless.hpp:31: instantiated from `boost::detail::is_stateless_impl<VOS::AsyncConnect>' /usr/local/include/boost/function/function_base.hpp:195: instantiated from `boost::is_stateless<VOS::AsyncConnect>' /usr/local/include/boost/function/function_base.hpp:195: instantiated from `boost::detail::function::get_function_tag<VOS::AsyncConnect>' /usr/local/include/boost/function/function_template.hpp:431: instantiated from `boost::function0<R, Allocator>::assign_to (Functor) [with Functor = VOS::AsyncConnect, R = void, Allocator = allocator<boost::function_base>]' /usr/local/include/boost/function/function_template.hpp:293: instantiated from `boost::function0<R, Allocator>::function0 (Functor) [with Functor = VOS::AsyncConnect, R = void, Allocator = allocator<boost::function_base>]' remotesocketsite.cc:565: instantiated from here /usr/local/include/boost/type_traits/is_convertible.hpp:184: invalid use of undefined type `struct boost::add_reference<VOS::AsyncConnect &>' /usr/local/include/boost/type_traits/add_reference.hpp:78: forward declaration of `struct boost::add_reference<VOS::AsyncConnect &>' VOS::AsyncConnect is my program's class. Setting -ftempate-depth-20 resolves the problem. This problem does not appear in Boost 1.29.0 Any information is greatly appreciated. Thanks reed PS. Here is the full source files: http://www-robotics.cs.umass.edu/~reed/remotesocketsite.hh http://www-robotics.cs.umass.edu/~reed/remotesocketsite.cc The entire project can be downloaded from anonymous CVS (see http://interreality.org)

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Problem with 1.30.0 lexical_cast
by Tom Matelich 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

Compiler: gcc 3.2 and 3.2.2 I believe this is actually a bug in gcc, but I'm going to post it hopes that someone can help me. We have a handy little tool for generating enums with associated string conversion and stream insertion/extraction functions. When we upgraded to boost 1.30.0, lexical_cast'ing one of these enums to std::string started behaving incorrectly, rather than the name, it is giving me the integral value. It seems that the lexical_stream is being used. Unfortunately, my test case is working fine. The complete test case (including definition of ZAcquisition::PPG) is appended at the end. The code I am seeing failure with looks like: void foo(ZAcquisition::PPG::Type gt) { ... std::string str; str = boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(gt); std::cerr << "DEBUG, storing encode for PPG: " << str << ", aka " << gt << std::endl; ... } This outputs (for example): DEBUG, storing encode for PPG: 0, aka ONE I tried boost::lexical_cast<std::string, ZAcquisition::PPG::Type>(gt) as well. Anyone have any ideas? For now I'm going to back out to 1.29.0's lexical_cast. Thanks, Tom --------Complete Passing Test Case #include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp> #include <string> #include <cassert> #include <iostream> namespace ZAcquisition { namespace PPG { enum Type { ONE = 0, TWO, THREE, FOUR, INVALID = 100 }; Type stringToType(std::string const&); std::string typeToString(PPG::Type); const int size = 5; const Type values[size] = { ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, INVALID }; } } std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream&, ZAcquisition::PPG::Type); std::istream& operator>>(std::istream&, ZAcquisition::PPG::Type&); namespace { const char s_PPG_ONE[] = "ONE"; const char s_PPG_TWO[] = "TWO"; const char s_PPG_THREE[] = "THREE"; const char s_PPG_FOUR[] = "FOUR"; const char s_PPG_INVALID[] = "INVALID"; } std::string ZAcquisition::PPG::typeToString(ZAcquisition::PPG::Type type) { std::string ret("Invalid_PPG_type"); switch(type) { case PPG::ONE: ret = s_PPG_ONE; break; case PPG::TWO: ret = s_PPG_TWO; break; case PPG::THREE: ret = s_PPG_THREE; break; case PPG::FOUR: ret = s_PPG_FOUR; break; case PPG::INVALID: ret = s_PPG_INVALID; break; default: std::cerr << static_cast<int>(type) << " is not a valid PPG enumeration." << std::endl; } return ret; } ZAcquisition::PPG::Type ZAcquisition::PPG::stringToType(std::string const& str) { PPG::Type ret = PPG::ONE; if(0 == str.compare(s_PPG_TWO)) { ret = PPG::TWO; } else if(0 == str.compare(s_PPG_THREE)) { ret = PPG::THREE; } else if(0 == str.compare(s_PPG_FOUR)) { ret = PPG::FOUR; } else if(0 == str.compare(s_PPG_INVALID)) { ret = PPG::INVALID; } return ret; } std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, ZAcquisition::PPG::Type type) { return out << ZAcquisition::PPG::typeToString(type); } std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& in, ZAcquisition::PPG::Type& type) { std::string str; in >> str; type = ZAcquisition::PPG::stringToType(str); return in; } int main() { assert(std::string("ONE") == boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(ZAcquisition::PPG::ONE)); return 0; } ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: Information contained in this message and/or attachment(s) may contain confidential information of Zetec, Inc. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender by return email. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Boost thread question
by Michael 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

I am having trouble getting the boost thread library to work. I am using Borland C++Builder 6 (on Win2k), and I tried the 1.29.0 release and the 1.30.0.b1 beta release and both give me the same errors in the condition.hpp file: line 93: " 'operator!' not implemented in type 'recursive_mutex' for arguments of the same type" and line 96: " 'recursive_mutex::m_mutex' is not accessible" Plus another 5 errors. I tried to look at the condition and recursive_mutex class definitions and I do not understand how they are implemented. Am I using it wrong to get that error? Let me know if you need a code sample. Thanks, Michael

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multi_array iterators ??
by dbkita 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

I am intersted in a simple way to iterate on a multi_array (or better yet a multi_array_view) regardless of dimension or ranges or order of access. I suppose for the entire multi_array one can use the data() method to return a T* and step through the contiguous memory block. But the case for a multi_array_view doesn't not seem nearly so simple taking into account strides, offsets, and degenerate ranges and all. Thanks in advance for any advice.

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RE: [Boost-Users] Problem with 1.30.0 lexical_cast
by Tom Matelich 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

> From: Tom Matelich [mailto:tmatelich@zetec.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 1:40 PM > > > Compiler: gcc 3.2 and 3.2.2 > > I believe this is actually a bug in gcc, but I'm going to > post it hopes that someone can help me. Well, I can't blame gcc. It happens on my Windows/Intel 7.0 box as well. I am really confused here. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: Information contained in this message and/or attachment(s) may contain confidential information of Zetec, Inc. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender by return email. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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boost/type_traits/config.hpp
by H. Morishima 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

My compiler issues the following warning message (boost v1.29.0, G++ 3.2 with warning level high): boost_1_29_0/boost/type_traits/config.hpp:90:55: warning: "BOOST_MSVC" is not defined boost/type_traits/config.hpp: line 90 is: # if (........ || BOOST_MSVC > 1301 || ........) Shouldn't it be as follows? # if (........ || #defined(BOOST_MSVC) && BOOST_MSVC > 1301 || ........) H. Morishima

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BCB6 Internal compiler error in "linear_congruential.hpp" from the random library
by Eike Petersen 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

Hi, to whomever it may concern: I just downloaded boost 1.30 and tried to recompile my libraries and applications. Now just including the header "linear_congruential.hpp" from the random library produces an internal compiler error: "[C++ Fatal Error] linear_congruential.hpp(113): F1004 Internal compiler error at 0xc4c367 with base 0xc10000" [...] #ifndef BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATE_FRIENDS template<class CharT, class Traits> friend std::basic_ostream<CharT,Traits>& operator<<(std::basic_ostream<CharT,Traits>& os, const linear_congruential& lcg) { os << lcg._x; return os; } template<class CharT, class Traits> friend std::basic_istream<CharT,Traits>& operator>>(std::basic_istream<CharT,Traits>& is, linear_congruential& lcg) { is >> lcg._x; return is; } #endif [...] As I do not require the streaming facilities I just commented that section out and everything works fine. Maybe not really a solution. Regards Eike P.S: BCB6 with UPD4 was used (BCC32 5.6.4)

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Linking with Unit Test Framework on VC7
by d_zakaib 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

Hi, I've got the following program to test the unit test suite: --------------------------------- // ICFGTest.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application. // #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp> using namespace boost::unit_test_framework; void testPass() { BOOST_CHECK( true ); } test_suite* init_unit_test_suite( int argc, char* argv[] ) { test_suite* test= BOOST_TEST_SUITE( "Test test suite" ); test->add( BOOST_TEST_CASE( &testPass )); return test; } --------------------------------- when I link this with the boost v1.30 unit test framework, I get the following linker errors: Linking... libboost_unit_test_framework.lib(unit_test_suite.obj) : error LNK2005: "public: virtual unsigned long __thiscall boost::unit_test_framework::test_case::size(void)const " (?size@test_case@unit_test_framework@boost@@UBEKXZ) already defined in ICFGTest.obj ICFGTest.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "bool __cdecl boost::test_toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl(bool,struct boost::test_toolbox::detail::wrapstrstream const &,char const *,int,bool,enum boost::unit_test_framework::report_level)" (?test_and_continue_impl@detail@test_toolbox@boost @@YA_N_NABUwrapstrstream@123@PBDH0W4report_level@u nit_test_framework@3@@Z) referenced in function "void __cdecl testPass(void)" (?testPass@@YAXXZ) ICFGTest.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall boost::unit_test_framework::test_suite::test_suite(char const *)" (??0test_suite@unit_test_framework@boost@@QAE@PBD@Z) referenced in function "class boost::unit_test_framework::test_suite * __cdecl init_unit_test_suite(int,char * * const)" (?init_unit_test_suite@@YAPAVtest_suite@unit_test_ framework@boost@@HQAPAD@Z) Debug/ICFGTest.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 2 unresolved externals ------------------------ The unresolved symbol test_and_continue_impl seems most curious since one of it's parameters expects a wrapstrstream, not a wrap_strstream as the function declaration itself would suggest. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? (NOTE: I'm linking to the static multi-threaded lib). Thanks! Dan

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