December 2004 - Boost-users

Format Library - Asterisk Support
by Barak Simon 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Hi, I have noticed that the format library does not support at present the printf asterisk for providing dynamic width as an extra parameter. Unfortunately my users need to use this widely and I would really hate to revert back to a non-typesafe solution. a. Are there any plans to support it in near future? b. If not, is there an easy way to add that to parsing.hpp, parse_printf_directive method, parse_width & parse_precision sections? currently the asterisk is ignored, and the library throws an exception thinking it has an extra parameter. c. Is there any workaround I miss which may give me the same expected result of providing say "%*s, width, charPtr" ? (I have 'width' and a non-null-terminated char pointer and need to construct the correct string from them without doing unnecessary copying...) Many thanks, Barak ________________________ Barak Simon GED IT Core Platform Deutsche Bank 190 George St. Sydney, 2000 Phone +61 2 925 85070 Fax +61 2 925 95050 -- This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.

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Q: VC7 boost1.32 date_time\time_system_counted.hpp(57) : warning C4244: 'initializing'
by Dan Dimerman 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Hello, >From the department of unexplained warnings... I found this one which I hope someone out there could help me kill. The warning reads: C:\Boost\include\boost-1_32\boost\date_time\time_system_counted.hpp(57) : warning C4244: 'initializing' : conversion from 'boost::date_time::counted_time_rep<config>::int_type' to 'boost::date_time::gregorian_calendar_base<ymd_type_,date_int_type_>::date_int_type', possible loss of data What can I do to get rid of this one? many thanks Dan --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version: 6.0.803 / Virus Database: 546 - Release Date: 30-Nov-04

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abort when constructing filesystem::path object
by Richard Wolf 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Hi I'm trying to use the filesystem library, and I get an abort when trying to initialise a path object with a string containing a space. #include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp> #include <iostream> int main() { boost::filesystem::path p1("hello"); std::cout << p1.string(); boost::filesystem::path p2("hello world"); std::cout << p2.string(); } when run, this prints: helloAborted I couldn't find anything saying that the string path constructor can't contain a space. Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug? Using gcc 3.3.4 on Debian. thanks, Richard

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[Q] Which compiler tool for MSVC 2005 (Beta)
by Michael Peterson 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

I have MSVC 2005 (Beta) installed and was wondering with what compiler toolset, if any, should I use to build boost 1_32_0? Also, any advice as to whether I should use Microsoft's stl or the open source version (I have 4.6.2)? Thanks, Michael

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