December 2009 - Boost-users

Help with shared_ptr and template
by Mario Chacon 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '10

Hello: I have this problem and I do not how to fix it, I know I cannot write template typedefs, its a limitiation of the C++ syntax, right? or I'm wrong? I saw that the best way is to wrap your typedefs in a struct, which can be templated, but I'm still stack with problems. The best way to explain it's with an example: #include <cstdlib> #include <iostream> #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp> template< typename tvalue > class CValue { public: CValue( tvalue value ) : value_(value) {}; private: tvalue value_; }; template< typename tvalue > struct Type{ typedef boost::shared_ptr< CValue< tvalue > > pValue; }; int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { Type<bool>::pValue a; return EXIT_SUCCESS; } How can I create a shared_ptr for the template class "CVALUE"?? Please I do not know what else I can prove... :( Thank you.. Mario.. Salu2...

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Link issue with condition_variable
by Bradley W. Settlemyer 19 Mar '10

19 Mar '10

Hello, I'm using boost for the first time and I'm struggling to link my program. I've added libboost_pthread-mt to the link link (which got most of the symbols), but I still can't seem to get the symbols for the condition variables. The issue could be with the code, as I find the lock-mutex-condition_variable interactions to be very confusing, but it does appear to be a link issue. Consider the following error message emitted during link command: mpicxx <objects> -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -L/lib64 -lfuse -lrt -ldl -lboost_thread-mt -lpthread -o aio_benchmark src/aio/thread_pool_adaptive_writer.o: In function `aio::ThreadPoolWriter::Write(aio::File*, std::vector<int, std::allocator<int> >, void*, unsigned long)': /home/bws/sandbox/aiofs/src/aio/thread_pool_writer.cc:59: undefined reference to `boost::condition_variable::notify_all()' /home/bws/sandbox/aiofs/src/aio/thread_pool_writer.cc:63: undefined reference to `boost::condition_variable::wait(boost::unique_lock<boost::mutex>&)' src/aio/thread_pool_writer.o: In function `aio::ThreadPoolWriter::threadWait()': /home/bws/sandbox/aiofs/src/aio/thread_pool_writer.cc:76: undefined reference to `boost::condition_variable::wait(boost::unique_lock<boost::mutex>&)' /home/bws/sandbox/aiofs/src/aio/thread_pool_writer.cc:110: undefined reference to `boost::condition_variable::notify_one()' Is condition variable in a different library? I am using the boost stuff distributed with Fedora 11: boost-1.37.0-7.fc11.x86_64 boost-devel-1.37.0-7.fc11.x86_64 Cheers, Brad

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Syntax error when using BOOST_CHECK_PREDICATE
by Andrew J. Leer 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Reading this article: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-ctools1_boost/?S_TACT=105A… I'm using Boost 1.40.0 and Visual Studio 2005 with Visual C++ 8.0. I've entered Listing 14 with a few additional lines of logging code: #include "stdafx.h" #define BOOST_TEST_MODULE example #include <boost/test/included/unit_test.hpp> std::list<int> user_defined_func( ) { std::cout << "BEGIN: user_defined_func" << std::endl; std::list<int> l; l.push_back(8); l.push_back(0); std::cout << "END: user_defined_func" << std::endl; return l; } bool validate_list(std::list<int> &L1) { std::cout << "BEGIN: validate_list" << std::endl; std::list<int>::iterator it1 = L1.begin(); for(; it1 != L1.end(); ++it1) { if(*it1<= 1){ std::cout << "Validation failed because an item in the list was less than or equal to 1." << std::endl; std::cout << "END: validate_list" << std::endl; return false; } } std::cout << "Test passed because all of the items in the list were greater than or equal to 1" << std::endl; std::cout << "END: validate_list" << std::endl; return true; } BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE( test ) BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( test ) { std::list<int>& list1 = user_defined_func(); BOOST_CHECK_PREDICATE( validate_list, list1 ); } BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END() Now when I go to compile this, it ends up giving me an error: 1>------ Build started: Project: UnitTestTests, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ 1>Compiling... 1>UnitTestTests.cpp 1>c:\program files (x86)\boost\boost_1_40\boost\test\impl\execution_monitor.ipp(904) : warning C4535: calling _set_se_translator() requires /EHa 1>c:\program files (x86)\boost\boost_1_40\boost\test\utils\runtime\config.hpp(90) : warning C4996: 'putenv': The POSIX name for this item is deprecated. Instead, use the ISO C++ conformant name: _putenv. See online help for details. 1> c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include\stdlib.h(900) : see declaration of 'putenv' 1>c:\program files (x86)\boost\boost_1_40\boost\test\utils\runtime\cla\char_parameter.ipp(36) : warning C4244: 'argument' : conversion from 'boost::rtti::id_t' to 'const int', possible loss of data 1>c:\program files (x86)\boost\boost_1_40\boost\test\utils\runtime\cla\named_parameter.ipp(41) : warning C4244: 'argument' : conversion from 'boost::rtti::id_t' to 'const int', possible loss of data 1>c:\program files (x86)\boost\boost_1_40\boost\test\utils\runtime\env\environment.ipp(82) : warning C4996: 'getenv': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using _dupenv_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details. 1> c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include\stdlib.h(483) : see declaration of 'getenv' 1>c:\users\andy\documents\visual studio 2005\projects\unittesttests\unittesttests\unittesttests.cpp(45) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ')' before identifier 'BOOST_PP_IIF_BOOST_PP_BOOL_0' 1>c:\users\andy\documents\visual studio 2005\projects\unittesttests\unittesttests\unittesttests.cpp(45) : error C2780: 'bool boost::test_tools::tt_detail::check_frwd(Pred,const boost::unit_test::lazy_ostream &,boost::test_tools::const_string,size_t,boost::test_tools::tt_detail::tool_level,boost::test_tools::tt_detail::check_type,const Arg0 &,const char *,const Arg1 &,const char *,const Arg2 &,const char *,const Arg3 &,const char *,const Arg4 &,const char *)' : expects 16 arguments - 6 provided 1> c:\program files (x86)\boost\boost_1_40\boost\test\test_tools.hpp(523) : see declaration of 'boost::test_tools::tt_detail::check_frwd' 1>c:\users\andy\documents\visual studio 2005\projects\unittesttests\unittesttests\unittesttests.cpp(45) : error C2780: 'bool boost::test_tools::tt_detail::check_frwd(Pred,const boost::unit_test::lazy_ostream &,boost::test_tools::const_string,size_t,boost::test_tools::tt_detail::tool_level,boost::test_tools::tt_detail::check_type,const Arg0 &,const char *,const Arg1 &,const char *,const Arg2 &,const char *,const Arg3 &,const char *)' : expects 14 arguments - 6 provided 1> c:\program files (x86)\boost\boost_1_40\boost\test\test_tools.hpp(523) : see declaration of 'boost::test_tools::tt_detail::check_frwd' 1>c:\users\andy\documents\visual studio 2005\projects\unittesttests\unittesttests\unittesttests.cpp(45) : error C2780: 'bool boost::test_tools::tt_detail::check_frwd(Pred,const boost::unit_test::lazy_ostream &,boost::test_tools::const_string,size_t,boost::test_tools::tt_detail::tool_level,boost::test_tools::tt_detail::check_type,const Arg0 &,const char *,const Arg1 &,const char *,const Arg2 &,const char *)' : expects 12 arguments - 6 provided 1> c:\program files (x86)\boost\boost_1_40\boost\test\test_tools.hpp(523) : see declaration of 'boost::test_tools::tt_detail::check_frwd' 1>c:\users\andy\documents\visual studio 2005\projects\unittesttests\unittesttests\unittesttests.cpp(45) : error C2780: 'bool boost::test_tools::tt_detail::check_frwd(Pred,const boost::unit_test::lazy_ostream &,boost::test_tools::const_string,size_t,boost::test_tools::tt_detail::tool_level,boost::test_tools::tt_detail::check_type,const Arg0 &,const char *,const Arg1 &,const char *)' : expects 10 arguments - 6 provided 1> c:\program files (x86)\boost\boost_1_40\boost\test\test_tools.hpp(523) : see declaration of 'boost::test_tools::tt_detail::check_frwd' 1>c:\users\andy\documents\visual studio 2005\projects\unittesttests\unittesttests\unittesttests.cpp(45) : error C2780: 'bool boost::test_tools::tt_detail::check_frwd(Pred,const boost::unit_test::lazy_ostream &,boost::test_tools::const_string,size_t,boost::test_tools::tt_detail::tool_level,boost::test_tools::tt_detail::check_type,const Arg0 &,const char *)' : expects 8 arguments - 6 provided 1> c:\program files (x86)\boost\boost_1_40\boost\test\test_tools.hpp(523) : see declaration of 'boost::test_tools::tt_detail::check_frwd' 1>c:\users\andy\documents\visual studio 2005\projects\unittesttests\unittesttests\unittesttests.cpp(45) : error C2059: syntax error : ')' 1>Build log was saved at "file://c:\Users\andy\Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\UnitTestTests\UnitTestTests\Debug\BuildLog.htm" It seems to have some real problems with the BOOST_CHECK_PREDICATE macro why is this? Thank you, Andrew J. Leer 1>UnitTestTests - 7 error(s), 5 warning(s) ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

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Transfering the process state to another process
by Lloyd 18 Feb '10

18 Feb '10

Hi, We want to have a program which cannot be terminated by the user (even admin). I think the only way to do this is to write a watchdog process. So there will be a master and a slave process, the master will be the active process, and the slave keep on watching the master. I case if the master is terminated, the slave become master and initiates a new slave process. But we need to transfer (or share) the process state of "old master" with the "new master" (So that the new master can continue form where the old master has stopped). Is this possible with shared memory? Or is there is a better way? Thanks, Lloyd ______________________________________ Scanned and protected by Email scanner

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[1.35.0][OSX][iostreams] Exception thrown with utf8 filename
by Christophe Radondy 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

Hi, I try to do a cross-platform source code and I have this code. I compiled boost 1.35 in universal binaries on Mac OS 10.5.4 with intel platform (IMAC core 2 duo 3Ghz) The same code works on linux (Ubuntu 8.0.4 and debian) and windows platforms but on Mac OS 10.5 I have an exception in boost's libraries. We compile on universal binaries with -fexceptions options of g++ 4.0.1 (Apple). This is my code: <code> boost::filesystem::wpath unicode(L"abcdef\u0110"); boost::filesystem::ofstream file(unicode.string()); // throws Invalid Argument on Mac file << "abcdef" << endl; file.close(); <endcode/> If I do this, it works: <code> boost::filesystem::path utf8("abcdef\xC4\x90"); // \xC4\x90 == \u0110 boost::filesystem::ofstream file(utf8.string()); // works ok file << "abcdef" << endl; file.close(); <endcode/> When the ofstream is created, this function is executed and crashes when I use Unicode parameters : <code> unicode.external_file_string(); // throws uncaught exception of type boost::filesystem::basic_filesystem_error<boost::filesystem::basic_path<std::basic_string<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t>, std::allocator<wchar_t> >, boost::filesystem::wpath_traits> > - boost::filesystem::wpath::to_external conversion error: Invalid argument <endcode/> Do you have any idea? Is this a known bug? Did I miss a setting? Thanks for your help. Regards, Christophe.

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[Boost] Is this library availble for 64 bit?
by Jaiswal, Usha [OS-IE] 11 Feb '10

11 Feb '10

Is there any version of Boost for 64 bit.

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Boost Graph Lib > A*
by Damien Maupu 09 Feb '10

09 Feb '10

Dear all, First Hello. Then does anybody knows how the a star search works for implicit graph? There is little information on the Internet. I found a pdf: A* Graph Search Within the BGL Framework http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~beevek/research/astar_bgl04.pdf But I wasn't able to run the implicit graph example because I am missing: #include <nonconst_bfs.hpp> and #include "test-astar-visitors.hpp" #include "test-astar-accept.hpp" In the online doc: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_40_0/libs/graph/doc/astar_search.html It is said to use astar_search_no_init but I don't know how. Any clues? Thank you Sincerely, Damien

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Serialization of a unordered_map
by Basti Korf 08 Feb '10

08 Feb '10

Hallo, I just wondered, why there is no possibility to serialize a unordered map. Since the STL map is serialized, i take the file for it and changed all maps to boost::unordered_map (multimap). Or is there a better way, i just did not see? Here is the code: #ifndef BOOST_SERIALIZATION_UNORDEREDMAP_HPP #define BOOST_SERIALIZATION_UNORDEREDMAP_HPP // MS compatible compilers support #pragma once #if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1020) # pragma once #endif /////////1/////////2/////////3/////////4/////////5/////////6/////////7/////////8 // serialization/map.hpp: // serialization for stl map templates // (C) Copyright 2002 Robert Ramey - http://www.rrsd.com . // Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software // License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at // http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) // See http://www.boost.org for updates, documentation, and revision history. #include <boost/unordered_map.hpp> #include <boost/config.hpp> #include <boost/serialization/utility.hpp> #include <boost/serialization/collections_save_imp.hpp> #include <boost/serialization/collections_load_imp.hpp> #include <boost/serialization/split_free.hpp> namespace boost { namespace serialization { template<class Archive, class Type, class Key, class Compare, class Allocator > inline void save( Archive & ar, const boost::unordered_map<Key, Type, Compare, Allocator> &t, const unsigned int /* file_version */ ){ boost::serialization::stl::save_collection< Archive, boost::unordered_map<Key, Type, Compare, Allocator> >(ar, t); } template<class Archive, class Type, class Key, class Compare, class Allocator > inline void load( Archive & ar, boost::unordered_map<Key, Type, Compare, Allocator> &t, const unsigned int /* file_version */ ){ boost::serialization::stl::load_collection< Archive, boost::unordered_map<Key, Type, Compare, Allocator>, boost::serialization::stl::archive_input_map< Archive, boost::unordered_map<Key, Type, Compare, Allocator> >, boost::serialization::stl::no_reserve_imp<boost::unordered_map< Key, Type, Compare, Allocator > > >(ar, t); } // split non-intrusive serialization function member into separate // non intrusive save/load member functions template<class Archive, class Type, class Key, class Compare, class Allocator > inline void serialize( Archive & ar, boost::unordered_map<Key, Type, Compare, Allocator> &t, const unsigned int file_version ){ boost::serialization::split_free(ar, t, file_version); } // multimap template<class Archive, class Type, class Key, class Compare, class Allocator > inline void save( Archive & ar, const boost::unordered_multimap<Key, Type, Compare, Allocator> &t, const unsigned int /* file_version */ ){ boost::serialization::stl::save_collection< Archive, boost::unordered_multimap<Key, Type, Compare, Allocator> >(ar, t); } template<class Archive, class Type, class Key, class Compare, class Allocator > inline void load( Archive & ar, boost::unordered_multimap<Key, Type, Compare, Allocator> &t, const unsigned int /* file_version */ ){ boost::serialization::stl::load_collection< Archive, boost::unordered_multimap<Key, Type, Compare, Allocator>, boost::serialization::stl::archive_input_multimap< Archive, boost::unordered_multimap<Key, Type, Compare, Allocator> >, boost::serialization::stl::no_reserve_imp< boost::unordered_multimap<Key, Type, Compare, Allocator> > >(ar, t); } // split non-intrusive serialization function member into separate // non intrusive save/load member functions template<class Archive, class Type, class Key, class Compare, class Allocator > inline void serialize( Archive & ar, boost::unordered_multimap<Key, Type, Compare, Allocator> &t, const unsigned int file_version ){ boost::serialization::split_free(ar, t, file_version); } } // serialization } // namespace boost #endif // BOOST_SERIALIZATION_UNORDEREDMAP_HPP Best regards, SK -- GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01

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Property Tree - adding child nodes to a parent
by Jon Shuler 30 Jan '10

30 Jan '10

I am trying to build a property tree from hierarchy data in a database. I want to be able to add a child at a given node using something similar to: parentNode.add_child("child name", data_type). There is a add_child method but it expects the path to add the child at. I looked at the examples and did not see anything. Is this possible? Jon This e-mail message and any attachment(s) transmitted with it are intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above.This message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are not an intended recipient, you may not review, copy or distribute this message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the original message.

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multi_index_container assertion after crash
by Eli Zakashansky 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

Hi, I have an application which uses a persistent multi_index_container (I am using bip::managed_mapped_file && after openning the file I do "container = mappedFile->find_or_construct(...)"). I have an interesting behavior when my process crashes/stopped during massive use of the multi_index_container after the process restarts I don't experience any problems reading or inserting new elements to the container but if I try to erase elements or call mutli_index_container::clear (Debug mode only BOOST_MULTI_INDEX_ENABLE_SAFE_MODE is defined) an assertion pops up (safe_mode::Check_same_owner / safe_mode::Check_valid_iterator). At first I thought that this kind of assertion fails due to concurrency issue, but it is not the case (I verified that this data structure is not accessed from more than one thread at a time, during this time the container is locked). Does anyone has any idea what can cause this situation? Or has a resolution ? Thanks a lot in advance, Eli.

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