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Mac OSX build options
by Tim Burgess 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Hi, I'm trying to create an application for the Mac that is compatible with OSX 10.6 through 10.8, with both 32 and 64-bit support. How do I configure my Boost 1.50.0 to generate the appropriate binaries (I use serialisation, System and FileSystem), please? Best wishes. Tim Burgess Raised Bar Ltd. Tel: +44 (0)1827 719822 Web: http://www.raisedbar.net We can supply Roland and Avid products with specialist pre and post-sales support for visually-impaired users - just drop us a line for a quote. Don't forget to sign our on-line petition to lobby for improved access to music education and music technology at: http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm

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Build options on Mac OSX 10;.8
by Tim Burgess 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Hi, I'm trying to create an application for the Mac that is compatible with OSX 10.6 through 10.8, with both 32 and 64-bit support. How do I configure my Boost 1.50.0 to generate the appropriate binaries (I use serialisation, System and FileSystem), please? Best wishes. Tim Burgess Raised Bar Ltd. Tel: +44 (0)1827 719822 Web: http://www.raisedbar.net We can supply Roland and Avid products with specialist pre and post-sales support for visually-impaired users - just drop us a line for a quote. Don't forget to sign our on-line petition to lobby for improved access to music education and music technology at: http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm

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C++11 Algorithms Book
by Algocoders . 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

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[Fusion] Associative Sequence not so associative
by TONGARI 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Hi, I'd expect the associative sequence could be constructed and assigned with another sequence in different order. But it doesn't work, the src sequence must in the same order as the dst sequence defined. E.g. map<pair<K1, int>, pair<K2, int> > cannot take make_map<K2, K1>(1, 2). This is a bit disappointing :-( Does I miss something?

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[Range][Iterator] iterate over an enumeration?
by John M. Dlugosz 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

I'd like to make it easy to do a BOOST_FOREACH for every value in an enumeration. I tried enum E { E_First, ⋯ , E_Last }; boost::counting_range(E_First, E_Last) but got compiler template barf. Can someone suggest a good way to do this?

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serialization
by Larry E. Ramey 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

I'm having some trouble with the portable_binary_archive. When we serialze our classes via the text archive, they go in and out just fine. My simple test cases work great with the portable_binary_archive. However, in our production code, I get an input stream error exception tossed when I try to read a class that has STL elements in it. I have tried reordering includes and making sure the boost/serialization/list.hpp or whatever comes in front of the STL list class. Heck, I even put all those includes as the very 1st line of my test program to make sure they were included 1st. I am at a loss as the exception really doesn't tell me much, and the only thing I could figure out is that reordering the includes did in fact fix a few of these exceptions. (I still have one left... very annoying) Any ideas? I'd post the code, but it is very intertwined and difficult to distill a clean example. (and my stupid trail test does in fact work) Larry

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regular expression to extract numbers
by Neil Sutton 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Hi, I am new to using boost and am trying to learn basics so I can use regex features in my code. In my test program, I want a function to simply extract some numbers that follow after a certain string pattern and then to read those numbers into a vector. This is an outline of what i would like to do: // function definition #ifndef findnumbers.h #define findnumbers.h #include <string> #include <fstream> #include <vector> #include <boost/regex.hpp> #endif void findnumbers (ifstream& afile) { // assume file is opened in main - i have passed a reference boost::regex expression ( ....having trouble with this); // search for matches - there will be a fixed number of numbers e.g 10 std::string const_iterator start, end; start = afile.begin( ); end = afile.end( ); std::vector<int> results; boost::match_results<std::vector<int>::const_iterator> what; for(int count = 0; count !=10; count++) { boost::regex_search(start,end,what,expression) { //if a number is found place in the vector results.push_back(count); } So the first problem I have is defining a correct expression. The pattern has the format "sometext>NUMBERS<sometext" newline. The NUMBERS may be one or two digits combined and the pattern is repeated 10 times. I have searched the archives and tried to build something based on the examples I have read, but cannot seem to find a working solution. Can anyone help please in defining an expression? I do not need a solution to my function overall as I should be able to write it correctly once I know how to define the pattern. Kind regards

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[GIL] Why does 'get_color' take a tag object instead of its type only?
by TONGARI 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Hi there, I'm curious of why gil::get_color(pixel, tag) is defined that way. Any need to take the tag value? If not, I'd prefer gil::get_color<Tag>(pixel) or just gil::get<Tag>(pixel) or even Tag::get(pixel). And if possible, I hope GIL would just make pixel a Fusion sequence. Thanks.

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stack_allocator
by Andrew Hundt 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Is there some version of a stack allocator in the current 1.52 version of boost, perhaps in some detail namespace? I searched the source and the archives and the only one I could find disappeared after 1.39: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_39_0/boost/signals2/detail/stack_allocator.… Cheers! Andrew Hundt

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Which Parallel Boost Graph Library should I use?
by Christopher Cowing-Zitron 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Hello, There is more than one PBGL server, one hosted by Boost, and the other by the Open Systems Laboratory (OSL). It appears that each has code not included in the other, whether I look at the release or sandbox SVN versions of the library. I have three criteria as to which version(s) I should use, which are all equally important to my final choice. First, in general, which is more reliable, the Boost or the OSL version? Both Boost and the OSL know their stuff, so it's not that I question the authors' skill, but rather I don't know which version has received more testing and validation. Second, which is more up-to-date, both in terms of which is updated more frequently, and which is more algorithmically and mathematically current? While I know programmers do love their graph algorithms, I wonder if the actual computer scientists and mathematicians at the OSL are more on the cutting edge. Finally, whether I use the Boost or the OSL server, I am more interested in the sandbox version than the release, as the development version has a lot of good stuff which isn't present in the release. That being said, in my experience there is quite a bit of variability amongst sandbox libraries as to their readiness for use, and I am not sure whether either PBGL sandbox is functional. Note, if there is some feature in one of the sandboxes that I am quite interested in, but is not yet at production quality, I wouldn't mind fixing it up for the community. Answers to any or all of the above questions would be most appreciated. Have a good day, -- Chris

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