August 2011 - Boost-users - lists.boost.org

[bimap] Problem with finding elements in a vector_of
by Teto 10 Aug '11

10 Aug '11

Hi, I've a peculiar bimap defined as such: bbi::bimap< bbi::unordered_set_of< TFullId>, bbi::vector_of<CBindDescriptor>> And I want to find all the TFullId matching a certain CBindDescriptor. but I can't succeed in compiling. Here are 10 lines of code: http://boost.codepad.org/99V38S9U Thx for any hint matt

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[BGL] resize/reserve on graph?
by Geoff Hilton 10 Aug '11

10 Aug '11

If I know that during the execution of the algorithm the graph size must be grown by X number of vertices in one go, is there a way this can be done to avoid multiple allocations such as when using std::vector's reserve(..) or resize(..) member functions without subverting the BGL's documented interface? Currently I use a for loop which iterates over add_vertex(vertex_property, graph). Can a reserve and/or resize equivalent otherwise please be added somewhere? Thank you, Geoff

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installing boost_1_47_0
by rudy b 10 Aug '11

10 Aug '11

Hi, I am newb in using boost. And, I am having so much trouble installing and running a simple example. I would REALLY appreciate some help. I tried to install boost_1_47_0.tar.gz on my unix machine, and I followed the stpes http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_47_0/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html to first build, and install the libraries. I had no problem running some the examples (provided on the link above, that was using some of its already built libraries), and they all worked. The problem is when I try to run an example that is using a boost_filesystem. I tried uninstalling/installing different boost versions, cause I thought the error may be version dependent, but it wasn't. I also tried to built the entire library using different versions of gcc (3.4.6, 4.3.5, 4.4.0, 4.5.0, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6.0), and I get the same error messages. I even made sure that when compile, I have the boost_1_4x_0 path in my compile script. I also made sure that I have appended boost_1_4x_0 path to my $path. I even tried to have -lboost_filesystem in my compile script, but this didn't help either !!! This is the type of error that I am getting: /tmp/cczDoDOU.o: In function `__static_initialization_and_destruction_0(int, int)': sync.cpp:(.text+0xe03): undefined reference to `boost::system::generic_category()' sync.cpp:(.text+0xe1e): undefined reference to `boost::system::generic_category()' sync.cpp:(.text+0xe39): undefined reference to `boost::system::system_category()' /tmp/cczDoDOU.o: In function `boost::filesystem3::last_write_time(boost::filesystem3::path const&, long)': And, when I change the version of compiler, I get something like: /tmp/ccw1Sepi.s: Assembler messages: /tmp/ccw1Sepi.s:408: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.cfi_personality' /tmp/ccw1Sepi.s:409: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.cfi_lsda' /tmp/ccw1Sepi.s:531: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.cfi_personality' /tmp/ccw1Sepi.s:532: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.cfi_lsda' /tmp/ccw1Sepi.s:722: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.cfi_personality' /tmp/ccw1Sepi.s:723: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.cfi_lsda' /tmp/ccw1Sepi.s:1046: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.cfi_personality' Please advise, thanks, RB

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Program_Options - Is there anyway to get the name of executable?
by asif saeed 10 Aug '11

10 Aug '11

Hi, Is it possible to get name of the executable that started the program using program_options? Thanks in advance, Asif

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More problems with boost::asio and async_read
by Allan Nielsen 10 Aug '11

10 Aug '11

Hi I posted on this a couple of hours ago with some problems. It turned out that some of the problems I had might have been due to buggy hardware. But there is still some thing I do not understand... So, now I have reproduced some of of the problems I have with out any hardware (except from a PC). Basically I'm trying to read from a input source (in this case stdin) with a timeout. Due to the design of the existing application where this have to fit is it not possible to call run on my io_service. Here is my try so far: #include <boost/asio.hpp> #include <boost/bind.hpp> #include <boost/optional.hpp> using namespace std; void set_result( boost::optional<boost::system::error_code> * a, boost::system::error_code b ) { if( b == 0) a->reset( b ); } void receive(boost::asio::io_service & io, boost::asio::posix::stream_descriptor & stream, boost::asio::streambuf & result){ boost::optional<boost::system::error_code> timer_result; boost::optional<boost::system::error_code> read_result; boost::asio::deadline_timer timer( io ); timer.expires_from_now( boost::posix_time::milliseconds(5000) ); // allow up to 50ms of timeout for every char timer.async_wait( boost::bind(&set_result, &timer_result, _1) ); boost::asio::async_read( stream, result, boost::asio::transfer_at_least(1), boost::bind( &set_result, &read_result, _1 )); boost::system::error_code ec; while(1) { io.reset(); io.poll_one(ec); if ( read_result ) { timer.cancel(); return; } else if ( timer_result ) throw std::runtime_error("timeout"); } } void receive(boost::asio::io_service & io, boost::asio::posix::stream_descriptor & stream, size_t size, boost::asio::streambuf & result){ while( result.size() < size ) receive(io, stream, result); } int main(int argc, const char *argv[]) { boost::asio::io_service io; boost::asio::posix::stream_descriptor in(io, ::dup(STDIN_FILENO)); for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++){ std::cout << i << " Type in 4 chareters and press enter" << std::endl << std::endl; std::cout << "in> "; std::cout.flush(); try { boost::asio::streambuf buf; receive(io, in, 5, buf); std::cout << "out> "; std::copy(boost::asio::buffer_cast<const char *>(buf.data()), boost::asio::buffer_cast<const char *>(buf.data()) + buf.size(), ostream_iterator<char>(std::cout)); } catch (const std::exception & e) { std::cout << e.what() << endl; } } return 0; } At my first look, I thought that it was working, but after playing more around with the test app, I got some segmentations faults. I found that something bad happens if I wait for the first query to timeout, and then enter 5 chars the next. Here is what valgrind says: ==17848== Memcheck, a memory error detector ==17848== Copyright (C) 2002-2010, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al. ==17848== Using Valgrind-3.6.1 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info ==17848== Command: ./ccTalkScan ==17848== ==17848== 0 Type in 4 chareters and press enter in> ==17848== Invalid read of size 8 ==17848== at 0x546EB4A: ??? (setcontext.S:60) ==17848== by 0x425847: receive(boost::asio::io_service&, boost::asio::posix::basic_stream_descriptor<boost::asio::posix::stream_descriptor_service>&, unsigned long, boost::asio::basic_streambuf<std::allocator<char> >&) (ccTalkScan.cxx:3 20) ==17848== by 0x425982: main (ccTalkScan.cxx:334) ==17848== Address 0x7feffdf68 is not stack'd, malloc'd or (recently) free'd ==17848== ==17848== Invalid read of size 8 ==17848== at 0x546EB52: ??? (setcontext.S:63) ==17848== by 0x425847: receive(boost::asio::io_service&, boost::asio::posix::basic_stream_descriptor<boost::asio::posix::stream_descriptor_service>&, unsigned long, boost::asio::basic_streambuf<std::allocator<char> >&) (ccTalkScan.cxx:3 20) ==17848== by 0x425982: main (ccTalkScan.cxx:334) ==17848== Address 0x7feffdf58 is not stack'd, malloc'd or (recently) free'd ==17848== ==17848== Invalid read of size 8 ==17848== at 0x546EB59: ??? (setcontext.S:64) ==17848== by 0x425847: receive(boost::asio::io_service&, boost::asio::posix::basic_stream_descriptor<boost::asio::posix::stream_descriptor_service>&, unsigned long, boost::asio::basic_streambuf<std::allocator<char> >&) (ccTalkScan.cxx:320) ==17848== by 0x425982: main (ccTalkScan.cxx:334) ==17848== Address 0x7feffdf28 is not stack'd, malloc'd or (recently) free'd ==17848== ==17848== Invalid read of size 8 ==17848== at 0x546EB4A: ??? (setcontext.S:60) ==17848== by 0x5E4BD2C: (below main) (in /lib64/libc-2.12.2.so) ==17848== Address 0x7feffdfd8 is not stack'd, malloc'd or (recently) free'd ==17848== ==17848== Invalid read of size 8 ==17848== at 0x546EB52: ??? (setcontext.S:63) ==17848== by 0x5E4BD2C: (below main) (in /lib64/libc-2.12.2.so) ==17848== Address 0x7feffdfc8 is not stack'd, malloc'd or (recently) free'd ==17848== ==17848== Invalid read of size 8 ==17848== at 0x546EB59: ??? (setcontext.S:64) ==17848== by 0x5E4BD2C: (below main) (in /lib64/libc-2.12.2.so) ==17848== Address 0x7feffdf98 is not stack'd, malloc'd or (recently) free'd ==17848== timeout 1 Type in 4 chareters and press enter in> asdf ==17848== Syscall param readv(vector[...]) points to unaddressable byte(s) ==17848== at 0x5EF7A81: readv (in /lib64/libc-2.12.2.so) ==17848== by 0x42AF1C: boost::asio::detail::descriptor_ops::non_blocking_read(int, iovec*, unsigned long, boost::system::error_code&, unsigned long&) (descriptor_ops.ipp:153) ==17848== by 0x4360BF: boost::asio::detail::descriptor_read_op_base<boost::asio::mutable_buffers_1>::do_perform(boost::asio::detail::reactor_op*) (descriptor_read_op.hpp:55) ==17848== by 0x427CE4: boost::asio::detail::reactor_op::perform() (reactor_op.hpp:40) ==17848== by 0x429003: boost::asio::detail::epoll_reactor::run(bool, boost::asio::detail::op_queue<boost::asio::detail::task_io_service_operation>&) (epoll_reactor.ipp:286) ==17848== by 0x429C81: boost::asio::detail::task_io_service::do_one(boost::asio::detail::scoped_lock<boost::asio::detail::posix_mutex>&, boost::asio::detail::task_io_service::idle_thread_info*) (task_io_service.ipp:264) ==17848== by 0x42986F: boost::asio::detail::task_io_service::poll_one(boost::system::error_code&) (task_io_service.ipp:188) ==17848== by 0x42A0C2: boost::asio::io_service::poll_one(boost::system::error_code&) (io_service.ipp:103) ==17848== by 0x4255E1: receive(boost::asio::io_service&, boost::asio::posix::basic_stream_descriptor<boost::asio::posix::stream_descriptor_service>&, boost::asio::basic_streambuf<std::allocator<char> >&) (ccTalkScan.cxx:307) ==17848== by 0x425847: receive(boost::asio::io_service&, boost::asio::posix::basic_stream_descriptor<boost::asio::posix::stream_descriptor_service>&, unsigned long, boost::asio::basic_streambuf<std::allocator<char> >&) (ccTalkScan.cxx:320) ==17848== by 0x425982: main (ccTalkScan.cxx:334) ==17848== Address 0x65ba4f0 is 0 bytes inside a block of size 512 free'd ==17848== at 0x4C25C4F: operator delete(void*) (vg_replace_malloc.c:387) ==17848== by 0x432D07: __gnu_cxx::new_allocator<char>::deallocate(char*, unsigned long) (new_allocator.h:95) ==17848== by 0x4316BF: std::_Vector_base<char, std::allocator<char> >::_M_deallocate(char*, unsigned long) (stl_vector.h:146) ==17848== by 0x42FD64: std::_Vector_base<char, std::allocator<char> >::~_Vector_base() (stl_vector.h:132) ==17848== by 0x42D6A4: std::vector<char, std::allocator<char> >::~vector() (stl_vector.h:313) ==17848== by 0x42B657: boost::asio::basic_streambuf<std::allocator<char> >::~basic_streambuf() (basic_streambuf.hpp:114) ==17848== by 0x425A77: main (ccTalkScan.cxx:336) ==17848== out> 2 Type in 4 chareters and press enter in> timeout 3 Type in 4 chareters and press enter in> timeout 4 Type in 4 chareters and press enter in> timeout ==17848== ==17848== HEAP SUMMARY: ==17848== in use at exit: 168 bytes in 3 blocks ==17848== total heap usage: 65 allocs, 62 frees, 22,246 bytes allocated ==17848== ==17848== LEAK SUMMARY: ==17848== definitely lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==17848== indirectly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==17848== possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==17848== still reachable: 168 bytes in 3 blocks ==17848== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==17848== Rerun with --leak-check=full to see details of leaked memory ==17848== ==17848== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v ==17848== Use --track-origins=yes to see where uninitialised values come from ==17848== ERROR SUMMARY: 27 errors from 9 contexts (suppressed: 4 from 4) I have tried different things to fix, but I that I might have mis understood a thing or two here. So some help would be most appreciated. -- Allan W. Nielsen

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unlocatable infinite loop when using boost::serialization
by Griffin Howlett 10 Aug '11

10 Aug '11

Ok so i've set up boost::serialization to work with objects whose constructor and destructors are private (forcing you to make them through "factories"), but after doing the coming steps, the << operator of a boost::oarchive never returns. I've followed what was happening exactly in a debugger, but don't know what's happening *after the ending brackets of the object's serialization function. It's not even reaching the overloaded destroy function*. I think it's some internal business. - To do this i've overided the `load/save_construct_data function` and the `access::destroy template function` with the appropriate parameters. - I also defined a serialization function for each factory-built object, but it doesn't do anything as to force you to pass a pointer instead. - You'll also notice i've added my own Save() function as so the user can specify a different factory to use for recreating (loading) the object back up if needed. **Why would this be happening and how do i fix it?** here's the source: oa << WallBody2; //this is the call in main, wallBody2 is a b2Body* template<> static void access::destroy( const b2Body * t) // const appropriate here? { // the const business is an MSVC 6.0 hack that should be // benign on everything else const_cast<b2Body*>(t)->GetWorld()->DestroyBody(const_cast<b2Body*>(t)); } template<> static void access::destroy( const b2Fixture * t) // const appropriate here? { // the const business is an MSVC 6.0 hack that should be // benign on everything else const_cast<b2Fixture*>(t)->GetBody()->DestroyFixture(const_cast<b2Fixture*>(t)); } template<class Archive> inline void save_construct_data( Archive & ar, const b2Body * t, const unsigned int file_version) { // save data required to construct instance b2World* WorldPtr= const_cast<b2Body*>(t)->GetWorld(); ar & WorldPtr; Save(ar, const_cast<b2Body*>(t), file_version); } template<class Archive> inline void save_construct_data( Archive & ar, const b2Fixture * t, const unsigned int file_version) { // save data required to construct instance b2Body* BodyPtr= const_cast<b2Fixture*>(t)->GetBody(); ar & BodyPtr; Save(ar, const_cast<b2Fixture*>(t), file_version); } template<class Archive> void serialize(Archive & ar, b2Fixture& b2, const unsigned int version) { std::cout << "b2Fixture is not serializable, only b2Fixture pointers are" << std::endl;}; template<class Archive> void serialize(Archive & ar, b2Body& b2, const unsigned int version) { std::cout << "b2Fixture is not serializable, only b2Fixture pointers are" << std::endl;}; template<class Archive> void Save(Archive & ar, b2Body* b2, const unsigned int version) { b2World* World = b2->GetWorld(); ar & World; b2BodyDef InitialBodyDef; InitialBodyDef.inertiaScale= b2->GetInertia(); // QUESTION: Is there any way to get/set this from a body (not def) ar & InitialBodyDef; // QUESTION: wtf is inertiaScale? any relation to MassData? b2BodyDef BodyDef; BodyDef.angle= b2->GetAngle(); BodyDef.position= b2->GetPosition(); BodyDef.active= b2->IsActive(); BodyDef.angularDamping= b2->GetAngularDamping(); BodyDef.angularVelocity= b2->GetAngularVelocity(); BodyDef.awake= b2->IsAwake(); BodyDef.bullet= b2->IsBullet(); BodyDef.fixedRotation= b2->IsFixedRotation(); BodyDef.linearDamping= b2->GetLinearDamping(); BodyDef.linearVelocity= b2->GetLinearVelocity(); BodyDef.type= b2->GetType(); BodyDef.userData= b2->GetUserData(); ar & BodyDef; // number of fixtures saved first so when loaded we know // how many fixturedefs to extract unsigned int numbFixtures=0; for (b2Fixture* fixture = b2->GetFixtureList(); fixture; fixture = fixture->GetNext()) numbFixtures++; ar & numbFixtures; //TODO: find out if boost will detect this as a list for (b2Fixture* fixture = b2->GetFixtureList(); fixture; fixture = fixture->GetNext()) ar & fixture; } template<class Archive> void Save(Archive & ar, b2Fixture* b2, const unsigned int version) { b2Body* Body = b2->GetBody(); ar & Body; //Registered so boost can differentiate types of "shapes" ar.register_type(static_cast<b2CircleShape *>(NULL)); ar.register_type(static_cast<b2PolygonShape *>(NULL)); b2Shape* Shape= b2->GetShape(); ar & Shape; b2FixtureDef FixtureDef; FixtureDef.density= b2->GetDensity(); FixtureDef.filter= b2->GetFilterData(); FixtureDef.friction= b2->GetFriction(); FixtureDef.isSensor= b2->IsSensor(); FixtureDef.restitution= b2->GetRestitution(); FixtureDef.userData= b2->GetUserData(); ar & FixtureDef; }

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Boost system library error
by Abbas Banaiyan 10 Aug '11

10 Aug '11

Hi, I installed Boost 1.4.47 on a Linux x86_64 server with gcc 4.4.4. When I try to make a simulator which uses Boost libraries I get the following error message: /home/abanaiya/local//include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:316: note: candidates are: boost::system::error_code::error_code(int&, const boost::system::error_category&) /home/abanaiya/local//include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:315: note: boost::system::error_code::error_code() /home/abanaiya/local//include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:311: note: boost::system::error_code::error_code(const boost::system::error_code&) ../../src/boost.task-0.4.2/boost/task/detail/bind_processor_linux.hpp: In function âvoid boost::this_thread::bind_to_processor(unsigned int)â: ../../src/boost.task-0.4.2/boost/task/detail/bind_processor_linux.hpp:41: error: no matching function for call to âboost::system::error_code::error_code(int&, const boost::system::error_category& (&)())â /home/abanaiya/local//include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:316: note: candidates are: boost::system::error_code::error_code(int&, const boost::system::error_category&) /home/abanaiya/local//include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:315: note: boost::system::error_code::error_code() /home/abanaiya/local//include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:311: note: boost::system::error_code::error_code(const boost::system::error_code&) ../../src/boost.task-0.4.2/boost/task/detail/bind_processor_linux.hpp: In function âvoid boost::this_thread::bind_to_any_processor()â: ../../src/boost.task-0.4.2/boost/task/detail/bind_processor_linux.hpp:59: error: no matching function for call to âboost::system::error_code::error_code(int&, const boost::system::error_category& (&)())â /home/abanaiya/local//include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:316: note: candidates are: boost::system::error_code::error_code(int&, const boost::system::error_category&) /home/abanaiya/local//include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:315: note: boost::system::error_code::error_code() /home/abanaiya/local//include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:311: note: boost::system::error_code::error_code(const boost::system::error_code&) /home/abanaiya/local//include/boost/system/error_code.hpp: At global scope: /home/abanaiya/local//include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:214: warning: âboost::system::posix_categoryâ defined but not used /home/abanaiya/local//include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:215: warning: âboost::system::errno_ecatâ defined but not used /home/abanaiya/local//include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:216: warning: âboost::system::native_ecatâ defined but not used make[2]: *** [sim.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 I also received the following error that I removed it by disabling the corresponded line at api_config.hpp file. /home/abanaiya/local//include/boost/system/api_config.hpp:28:5: error: #error user defined BOOST_POSIX_API or BOOST_WINDOWS_API not supported I also tried version 1.4.42 and got the same error. Would you please let me know hot to resolve it. I run the following command to install the Boost: ./bjam --prefix=$HOME/local install Thanks, Abbas

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Public Encryption with ASIO SSL
by David McCallum 09 Aug '11

09 Aug '11

I'm trying to create a system where clients can encrypt messages, but only the server can decrypt them. I'm configuring the context on the server-side like so: context_.set_options(boost::asio::ssl::context::default_workarounds | boost::asio::ssl::context::no_sslv2); context_.set_password_callback(boost::bind(&server::get_password, this)); context_.use_private_key_file("server.pem", boost::asio::ssl::context::pem); However, I can't find any way to load the public key on the clients. Can I create a connection that relies on public-key encryption? Or do the SSL classes expect me to use public-key encryption only to generate symmetrical keys, ie with Diffie-Hellman? -David

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Boost::Test Samples?
by Jeffrey Walton 09 Aug '11

09 Aug '11

Hi All, I'm not sure I have chosen the right testing architecture (external runner for a DSO), and I am having problems getting Boost::Test to run properly. I have print statements which are not printing in functions registered with BOOST_TEST_SUITE. And I have spiked a test would should print an error message. I thought it would be a good idea to look at [sample] projects that work rather than code snippets. Unfortunately, the link for "collection of examples" at [1] is broken. Does anyone know where to find Boost::Test samples? Thanks in advance, Jeff [1] http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_44_0/libs/test/doc/html/utf/intro.html

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[mpl] Safe to instantiate mpl classes for tag-dispatch-by-instance?
by Gabriel Redner 09 Aug '11

09 Aug '11

Hi all, Say I have a functor which accepts a tag instance: struct tagA {}; struct tagB {}; struct MyFunc { template <typename TTag> void operator()(TTag, int other_stuff) {...} }; In some cases I want to pass multiple tags at once. Is it safe to just instantiate mpl::pair, mpl::vector, etc. and use them for this purpose, since from a runtime perspective they're just empty classes? Or, is this a Bad Idea for some reason? Thanks, -Gabe

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