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Re: [Boost-users] Iostreams with two filters throws exception (Ken Appleby)
by NuSkooler 10 Aug '13

10 Aug '13

Below is a little app that illustrates the issue (Can also be found here: http://pastebin.com/k8jRN64R) I've removed most error handling/etc. for illustration purposes. The program expects a "input.txt" to be present in the same directory it's run from. Note again that this works *most* of the time, but depending on the input file, will crash. Also I forgot to mention before that I'm using Clang on OS X 8.4 and Boost v1.53. Any help is greatly appreciated! // Boost.Crypto #include <boost/crypto/rc4_cipher.hpp> // Boost #include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp> #include <boost/iostreams/filter/zlib.hpp> #include <boost/iostreams/copy.hpp> #include <boost/iostreams/filtering_stream.hpp> template <typename StreamCipherT> class StreamCipherFilterBase { public: typedef char char_type; StreamCipherFilterBase(const std::string& key) { m_cipher.set_key(key.data(), static_cast<unsigned int>(key.length())); } protected: char m_buffer[1024 * 2]; // 2k internal buffer size StreamCipherT m_cipher; }; template <typename StreamCipherT> class StreamCipherEncryptFilter : public StreamCipherFilterBase<StreamCipherT> { public: typedef boost::iostreams::multichar_output_filter_tag category; StreamCipherEncryptFilter(const std::string& key) : StreamCipherFilterBase<StreamCipherT>(key) { } template<typename Sink> std::streamsize write(Sink& snk, const char* s, std::streamsize n) { std::streamsize written = 0; std::streamsize remain = n; std::streamsize eat; while(remain) { eat = remain < sizeof(StreamCipherFilterBase<StreamCipherT>::m_buffer) ? remain : sizeof(StreamCipherFilterBase<StreamCipherT>::m_buffer); StreamCipherFilterBase<StreamCipherT>::m_cipher.encrypt( s, StreamCipherFilterBase<StreamCipherT>::m_buffer, eat); written += boost::iostreams::write(snk, StreamCipherFilterBase<StreamCipherT>::m_buffer, eat); remain -= eat; s += eat; } return written; } }; template <typename StreamCipherT> class StreamCipherDecryptFilter : public StreamCipherFilterBase<StreamCipherT> { public: typedef boost::iostreams::multichar_input_filter_tag category; StreamCipherDecryptFilter(const std::string& key) : StreamCipherFilterBase<StreamCipherT>(key) { } template<typename Source> std::streamsize read(Source& src, char* s, std::streamsize n) { const std::streamsize read = boost::iostreams::read(src, s, n); if(EOF == read) { return EOF; } StreamCipherFilterBase<StreamCipherT>::m_cipher.decrypt(s, s, read); return read; } }; const std::string KEY = "Kitteh"; typedef boost::crypto::rc4_cipher CipherT; void Encrypt( const std::string& in, const std::string& out) { // error handling omitted boost::filesystem::ifstream inf(in, std::ios_base::binary | std::ios_base::in); boost::filesystem::ofstream outf(out, std::ios_base::binary | std::ios_base::out); StreamCipherEncryptFilter<CipherT> outCipherFilter(KEY); boost::iostreams::filtering_ostreambuf outs; outs.push(boost::iostreams::zlib_compressor()); // compress outs.push(outCipherFilter); // then encrypt outs.push(outf); // write to file boost::iostreams::copy(inf, outs); } void Decrypt( const std::string& in, const std::string& out) { // error handling omitted boost::filesystem::ifstream inf(in, std::ios_base::binary | std::ios_base::in); boost::filesystem::ofstream outf(out, std::ios_base::binary | std::ios_base::out); StreamCipherDecryptFilter<CipherT> inCipherFilter(KEY); boost::iostreams::filtering_istreambuf ins; ins.push(boost::iostreams::zlib_decompressor()); ins.push(inCipherFilter); ins.push(inf); boost::iostreams::copy(ins, outf); // <-- exception thrown here with some files } int main() { // compress+encrypt input.txt -> output.encrypt Encrypt("input.txt", "output.encrypt"); // decrypt+decompress output.encrypt -> input.read.txt Decrypt("output.encrypt", "input.read.txt"); } ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 17:52:50 +0100 > From: Ken Appleby <ken.appleby(a)btopenworld.com> > To: boost-users(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Iostreams with two filters throws exception > Message-ID: <5203CCE2.4060200(a)btopenworld.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > You are a lot more likely to get a response if you post a complete > example. Just a single file with a main() would make it a lot easier to > help you. You're not far from that with the code you posted. > >

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Boost.Variant broke in 1.54?
by gast128 09 Aug '13

09 Aug '13

Dear all, I get a compilation error with Boost.Variant (which compiles fine on previous releases) with vstudio 2010 when a function returns a const Boost.Variant, e.g.: typedef boost::variant<int, double> Variant; const Variant GetVar() { return Variant(); } void TestVariantDnc() { const Variant var = GetVar(); } This gives error C2666 ('boost::variant<T0_,T1>::convert_construct' : 3 overloads have similar conversions'). Shall a file a ticket or do I something wrong?

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Releasing Boost Dependency Analyzer 1.1
by Jens Weller 09 Aug '13

09 Aug '13

Hello boost community, a short notice that I just have released the version 1.1 of my dependency analyzing tool for boost. For now I have only managed to get a proper Windows Version, Linux Version will follow later. New Features: Configuration - the tool remembers the path to bcp now - select the source for libraries - maintainers.txt - libraries.xml - 2 filter options - filter libraries by name - filter edges by type, for now its header, source/lib, test and documentation. Export: - Export CSV File which has all libraries and the number of dependencies (sorted) libraries.xml - this is now a optional source for the library names Some feedback: libraries.xml as a lib name source is nice, but not quite perfect. I've seen different results from maintainers.txt and libraries.xml. As maintainers.txt also libraries.xml contains duplicates, some of its library names don't fit the expectation of bcp, so I applied some fixes for this in my program. The Dependency filter is yet not perfect, especially in detection. More details about this version and the download for it at my blog: http://www.meetingcpp.com/index.php/br/items/releasing-boost-dependency-ana… kind regards, Jens Weller

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Compiling Boost 1.54.0 for the iOS simulator (6.1) on OS X 10.8.4
by Dan Leach 09 Aug '13

09 Aug '13

Hello, I am new to the Boost mailing list so please let me know if this is not the appropriate place to discuss my problem. I have successfully managed to compile several of the Boost libraries (regex, filesystem, thread) and create a framework for use with OS X, iOS, and the iOS simulator using this script: https://github.com/wuhao5/boost/blob/188e905626dbd522f65950102ed0c8ce77cb28… on Peter Goodliffe's work here: http://goodliffe.blogspot.com/2010/09/building-boost-framework-for-ios-ipho… Boost 1.53.0 using clang and linking against libc++. The script fails when compiling for the iOS simulator with Boost 1.54.0 with the following error:/bin/sh: line 1: -ftemplate-depth-128: command not found. I did quite a bit of digging and here is what I know: * In boost.sh, the iOS simulator bjam and compiler options include "-arch i386" * The release notes for Boost 1.54.0 state that "Boost no longer supports the 80386 target CPU" * The Boost 1.53.0 libraries mentioned above appear to compile fine for OS X, iOS, and the iOS simulator using the same script * The Boost 1.54.0 libraries appear to compile fine for OS X and iOS itself using the same script Here is what I think I know: * When passing "-d13" to bjam (to generate debug information), it appears that the variable "CONFIG_COMMAND" is not being set when building for the iOS simulator. For the other configurations, this variable is set to the path to clang and includes the compiler options. For the simulator, it is empty which I believe leads to the error above as when bjam attempts to run the compiler using this variable, it instead runs some appended options which begin with the template depth. Therefore, the CONFIG_COMMAND variable does not appear to be being set properly causing the failure. I do not know why it's not being set as I don't know enough about the Boost build system to sift through the rest of the output generated with the "-d13" flag. I suspect an incompatibility with the "-arch i386" option was introduced with 1.54.0. I've tried changing this to "-arch i486" and "-arch x86_32" but the same problem occurs. Has anyone else had success with this? I'd like to use Boost.Log which is why I'm even attempting this with 1.54. Thanks!

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[program_options] Parsing config files
by Michael Powell 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Hello, Need a little help grasping the nature of parse_config_file. The example: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_54_0/doc/html/program_options/tutorial.html… also seems a bit lacking: says that there are two calls to store, but I only see one. Maybe the example has not been updated? What I need to know is, if we specify some options, do we specify the same option names in a config file? So that if we have an option on the command like like: --my-option-name 1234, then the corresponding line in the config file would go: my-option-name=1234 ? Thank you. Regards, Michael Powell

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Re: [Boost-users] Library Status
by Malysa, Eric (GE Healthcare, consultant) 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Hello, I am trying to run some regression tests, and then create a status report following the documentation provided here: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_54_0/tools/regression/doc/library_status.ht… I am using version Boost Version 1.53.0 on Suse 11 patch 1. PETMRds32-2:~> cat /etc/*-release LSB_VERSION="core-2.0-noarch:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-noarch:core-2.0-ia32:core-3.2-ia32:core-4.0-ia32" SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (i586) VERSION = 11 PATCHLEVEL = 1 PETMRds32-2:~> 1. Start from your command line environment. 2. set the current directory to:../libs/<library name>/test 3. Invoke one of the following: o ../../../tools/regression/src/library_test (*nix). o ..\..\..\tools\regression\src\library_test (windows). 4. This will display short help message describing the how to set the command line arguments for the compilers and variants you want to appear in the final table. 5. Setting these arguments requires rudimentary knowledge of bjam usage. Hopefully, if you've arrived at this page you've gained the required knowledge during the installation and library build process. 6. Rerun the above command with the argument set accordingly. 7. When the command terminates, there should be a file named "library_status.html" in the current directory. 8. Display this file with any web browser. The problem is when it calls library_status there is an error about a invalid bin directory. I would like to know what it is looking for? -----Original Message----- From: Boost-users [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of boost-users-request(a)lists.boost.org Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 6:50 AM To: boost-users(a)lists.boost.org Subject: Boost-users Digest, Vol 3529, Issue 1 Send Boost-users mailing list submissions to boost-users(a)lists.boost.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to boost-users-request(a)lists.boost.org You can reach the person managing the list at boost-users-owner(a)lists.boost.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Boost-users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Library Status (Malysa, Eric (GE Healthcare, consultant)) 2. Re: [Coroutine] Unresolved externals with VC2012 (Szymon Gatner) 3. [proposal] are_same on type_traits (skypjack) 4. Re: Boost.Variant broke in 1.54? (Edward Diener) 5. Re: Library Status (Igor R) 6. [msm] exit points & favor compile time policy (Alexander Mingalev) 7. Re: cannot use boost asio 1.54 with visual studio 2008 (Antony Polukhin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 20:32:43 +0000 From: "Malysa, Eric (GE Healthcare, consultant)" <eric.malysa(a)ge.com> To: "boost-users(a)lists.boost.org" <boost-users(a)lists.boost.org> Cc: "Dukle, Kapil $GE Healthcare$" <Kapil.Dukle(a)med.ge.com> Subject: [Boost-users] Library Status Message-ID: <55788829594D1745B52483994D25C5250155C6(a)ALPURAPA08.e2k.ad.ge.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello, What conditions for a "bin" directory is library_status.cpp looking for? The documentation seems either inadequate or wrong. I am getting an error: **** exception(205): std::string: invalid bin directory structure ******** errors detected; see standard output for details ******** I am using compiler gcc 4.3 Your help is very much appreciated. Thanks, Eric Malysa

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Serialising templates with smart pointers....
by Marcus MacWilliam 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

I have the following: _*1. An interface:*_ class IDeviceClientRequest { public: /** Empty virtual destructor. */ virtual ~IDeviceClientRequest() {} /** Virtual methods to invoke on the smart pointer. */ virtual EClientMessageIdentifier getMessageId() = 0; }; // IDeviceClientRequest _*2. A template class:*_ template<class Request> class CDeviceClientRequest : public IDeviceClientRequest { public: // ... I have excluded the majority of the code for conciseness // ... private: /** * Serialize or de-serialize the object. * * @param archive * When the class Archive corresponds to an output archive, the * & operator is defined similar to <<. Likewise, when the class Archive * is a type of input archive the & operator is defined similar to >>. * @param version * Version identifier for backwards compatibility between objects. */ friend class boost::serialization::access; template<class Archive> void serialize(Archive &archive, const unsigned int version) { archive & m_iMessageId & m_oData; } }; // CDeviceClientRequest _*3. A method to serialize from a file:*_ // Server receieves a request. void devices::comms::CDeviceCommunication::receiveRequest( std::unique_ptr<devices::request::IDeviceClientRequest>& request) { // Open the file for read. std::ifstream file(getFilename().c_str()); // Use boost to serialize the object from the file. boost::archive::binary_iarchive archive(file); archive >> *request; // Close the file. file.close(); } What do I need to add to the interface class to stop the following compile error: error C2039: 'serialize' : is not a member of 'devices::request::IDeviceClientRequest' Thanks, -- Marcus A.T MacWilliam, Senior Software Engineer. 1Spatial Ltd. Tel: +44 (0)1223 420414, ext 2289, Mob: +44 (0)7803 706597. E-Mail: marcus.macwilliam(a)1spatial.com Skype:marcus.macwilliam Tennyson House, 7 Cambridge Business Park, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ. Registered in England No. 4785688, VAT Reg. No. 135539408. Website: http://www.1spatial.com/ E-mail: info(a)1spatial.com

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Derived class is not serialising/de-serialising...
by Marcus MacWilliam 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Hello, I have the following 2 classes: >>BaseClass.h public BaseClass { private: int m_iMessageId; friend class boost::serialization::access; template<class Archive> void serialize(Archive &archive, const unsigned int version) { std::cout << "BOOST: Base Class" << std::endl; // TODO: remove this archive & m_iMessageId; } }; >>DerivedClass.h public Derived : public Base { private: int m_iComPort; friend class boost::serialization::access; template<class Archive> void serialize(Archive &archive, const unsigned int version) { std::cout << "BOOST: Derived Class" << std::endl; // TODO: remove this archive & boost::serialization::base_object<CDeviceClientRequest>(*this) & m_iComPort; } }; and the following 2 methods to send and receive: >>Communication.cc #include "DerivedClass.h" BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT(DerivedClass); void Communication::sendRequest( BaseClass& request) { // Open the file for write, and truncate. std::ofstream file(getFilename().c_str(), std::ios::trunc); // Use boost to serialize the object to the file. boost::archive::binary_oarchive archive(file); archive << request; // Close the file. file.close(); } void Communication::receiveRequest( BaseClass& request) { // Open the file for read. std::ifstream file(getFilename().c_str()); // Use boost to serialize the object from the file. boost::archive::binary_iarchive archive(file); archive >> request; // Close the file. file.close(); } When I check the client and server the only output I see is: BOOST: Base Class However I am instantiating the derived class and passing it to the functions above. Why am I not seeing: BOOST: Base Class BOOST: Derived Class Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks, -- Marcus A.T MacWilliam, Senior Software Engineer. 1Spatial Ltd. Tel: +44 (0)1223 420414, ext 2289, Mob: +44 (0)7803 706597. E-Mail: marcus.macwilliam(a)1spatial.com Skype:marcus.macwilliam Tennyson House, 7 Cambridge Business Park, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ. Registered in England No. 4785688, VAT Reg. No. 135539408. Website: http://www.1spatial.com/ E-mail: info(a)1spatial.com

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cannot use boost asio 1.43 with visual studio 2008
by bnsteel 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Hello, I tried using boost 1.43 with my project and am having a problem compiling using the asio libraries. There is a namespace 'generic' and my VS (2008 and 2010) doesn't allow that word. I am guessing it is a keyword in visual studio? Is there a way I can disable the use of the 'generic' keyword? In my editor, the word generic is colored just like the 'namespace', '#define' and '#include' , 'if', 'else', 'for',... etc. brooke -- View this message in context: http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/cannot-use-boost-asio-1-43-with-visual-s… Sent from the Boost - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Library Status
by Malysa, Eric (GE Healthcare, consultant) 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Hello, What conditions for a "bin" directory is library_status.cpp looking for? The documentation seems either inadequate or wrong. I am getting an error: **** exception(205): std::string: invalid bin directory structure ******** errors detected; see standard output for details ******** I am using compiler gcc 4.3 Your help is very much appreciated. Thanks, Eric Malysa

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[proposal] are_same on type_traits
by skypjack 06 Aug '13

06 Aug '13

Hi all, I've developed, tested and documented a variadic extension of is_same (named are_same). It can be useful to verify more than two arguments using a single expression. I sent the proposal to the devel list. However I would like to know if it can be of interest for you. Thanks in advance for your reply. Best Regards, Michele --

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[Coroutine] Unresolved externals with VC2012
by Szymon Gatner 06 Aug '13

06 Aug '13

Hi, the following simplest test code does not compile with Visual C++ 2012: #include <boost/coroutine/all.hpp> typedef boost::coroutines::coroutine<int()> Coro; void coroFunc(Coro::caller_type& co) { } int main() { Coro c(coroFunc); } giving: 1>------ Build started: Project: coro_testbed, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ 1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: static unsigned int __cdecl boost::coroutines::detail::standard_stack_allocator::default_stacksize(void)" (?default_stacksize@standard_stack_allocator@detail@coroutines@boost@@SAIXZ) referenced in function "public: __thiscall boost::coroutines::attributes::attributes(void)" (??0attributes@coroutines @boost@@QAE@XZ) 1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall boost::coroutines::detail::standard_stack_allocator::allocate(struct boost::coroutines::stack_context &,unsigned int)" (?allocate@standard_stack_allocator@detail@coroutines@boost@ @QAEXAAUstack_context@34@I@Z) referenced in function "public: __thiscall boost::coroutines::detail::stack_tuple<class boost::coroutines::detail::standard_stack_allocator>::stack_tuple<class boost::coroutines::detail::standard_stack_allocator>(class boost::coroutines::detail::standard_stack_allocator const &,unsigned int)" (??0?$stack_tuple@Vstandard_stack_allocator@detail@coroutines@boost@ @@detail@coroutines@boost@@QAE@ABVstandard_stack_allocator@123@I@Z) 1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall boost::coroutines::detail::standard_stack_allocator::deallocate(struct boost::coroutines::stack_context &)" (?deallocate@standard_stack_allocator @detail@coroutines@boost@@QAEXAAUstack_context@34@@Z) referenced in function "public: __thiscall boost::coroutines::detail::stack_tuple<class boost::coroutines::detail::standard_stack_allocator>::~stack_tuple<class boost::coroutines::detail::standard_stack_allocator>(void)" (??1?$stack_tuple@Vstandard_stack_allocator@detail@coroutines@boost@ @@detail@coroutines@boost@@QAE@XZ) 1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall boost::coroutines::detail::coroutine_context::coroutine_context(void)" (??0coroutine_context@detail@coroutines@boost@@QAE@XZ) referenced in function "public: __thiscall boost::coroutines::detail::coroutine_base<int __cdecl(void)>::coroutine_base<int __cdecl(void)>(void (__cdecl*)(int),struct boost::coroutines::stack_context *,bool,bool)" (??0?$coroutine_base@$$A6AHXZ@detail@coroutines@boost@@QAE@P6AXH @ZPAUstack_context@23@_N2@Z) 1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall boost::coroutines::detail::coroutine_context::coroutine_context(void (__cdecl*)(int),struct boost::coroutines::stack_context *)" (??0coroutine_context@detail@coroutines@boost@@QAE@P6AXH @ZPAUstack_context@23@@Z) referenced in function "public: __thiscall boost::coroutines::detail::coroutine_base<int __cdecl(void)>::coroutine_base<int __cdecl(void)>(void (__cdecl*)(int),struct boost::coroutines::stack_context *,bool,bool)" (??0?$coroutine_base@$$A6AHXZ@detail@coroutines@boost@@QAE@P6AXH @ZPAUstack_context@23@_N2@Z) 1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall boost::coroutines::detail::coroutine_context::coroutine_context(class boost::coroutines::detail::coroutine_context const &)" (??0coroutine_context@detail@coroutines@boost@@QAE@ABV0123@@Z) referenced in function "public: __thiscall boost::coroutines::detail::coroutine_base<void __cdecl(int)>::coroutine_base<void __cdecl(int)>(class boost::coroutines::detail::coroutine_context const &,bool,bool)" (??0?$coroutine_base@$$A6AXH@Z@detail@coroutines@boost@ @QAE@ABVcoroutine_context@123@_N1@Z) 1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: class boost::coroutines::detail::coroutine_context & __thiscall boost::coroutines::detail::coroutine_context::operator=(class boost::coroutines::detail::coroutine_context const &)" (??4coroutine_context@detail@coroutines@boost@@QAEAAV0123@ABV0123@@Z) referenced in function "private: void __thiscall boost::coroutines::detail::coroutine_object<int __cdecl(void),void (__cdecl*)(class boost::coroutines::coroutine<void __cdecl(int),1> &),class boost::coroutines::detail::standard_stack_allocator,class std::allocator<class boost::coroutines::coroutine<int __cdecl(void),0> >,class boost::coroutines::coroutine<void __cdecl(int),1>,int,0>::enter_(void)" (?enter_@?$coroutine_object@ $$A6AHXZP6AXAAV?$coroutine@$$A6AXH@Z$00@coroutines@boost@ @@ZVstandard_stack_allocator@detail@23@V?$allocator@V?$coroutine@ $$A6AHXZ$0A@@coroutines@boost@@@std@@V123@H$0A@@detail@coroutines@boost@ @AAEXXZ) 1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: int __thiscall boost::coroutines::detail::coroutine_context::jump(class boost::coroutines::detail::coroutine_context &,int,bool)" (?jump@coroutine_context@detail@coroutines@boost@@QAEHAAV1234@H_N@Z) referenced in function "private: void __thiscall boost::coroutines::detail::coroutine_object<int __cdecl(void),void (__cdecl*)(class boost::coroutines::coroutine<void __cdecl(int),1> &),class boost::coroutines::detail::standard_stack_allocator,class std::allocator<class boost::coroutines::coroutine<int __cdecl(void),0> >,class boost::coroutines::coroutine<void __cdecl(int),1>,int,0>::enter_(void)" (?enter_@?$coroutine_object@ $$A6AHXZP6AXAAV?$coroutine@$$A6AXH@Z$00@coroutines@boost@ @@ZVstandard_stack_allocator@detail@23@V?$allocator@V?$coroutine@ $$A6AHXZ$0A@@coroutines@boost@@@std@@V123@H$0A@@detail@coroutines@boost@ @AAEXXZ) 1>c:\users\bravo\documents\visual studio 2012\Projects\coro_testbed\Debug\coro_testbed.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 8 unresolved externals ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ========== Regards, Szymon -- Szymon Gatner The Lordz Games Studio www.thelordzgamesstudio.com

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Re: [Boost-users] Derived class is not serialising/de-serialising...
by Marcus MacWilliam 06 Aug '13

06 Aug '13

Hello, My previous post contained a minimal example, which was incomplete, deliberately so as not to bloat the post with code. However Jeff Flynn has requested a minimal code example. I have attached several files for classes to this e-mail. * BaseClass - the base class, which has a serialize method * DerivedClass - a sub-class with its own serialize method * InstantiableClass - the class actually instantiated from DerivedClass * Main - code example of the client/server that serializes and de-serializes the InstantiableClass object. Our system automatically inserts some pre-compiled headers so to get the code to compile you may need to add your own #includes. The output from the main program is this: Serializing... BOOST: I am an Instantiable class object BOOST: I am in BaseClass::serialize De-serializing... BOOST: I am an Instantiable class object BOOST: I am in BaseClass::serialize Assertion failed: dynamic_cast<InstantiableClass&>(object).getCom() == 20, file Main.cc, line 8 This highlights the polymorphism problem in a nutshell. The overloaded what() method is telling me that in both the client and server code the objects is an InstantiableClass object. However the Derived::serialize is not being called on either side. Thus the data (m_com) from the DerivedClass is not being serialized and is lost. The compiler, and debugger, is telling me my object is an InstantiableClass, however when boost calls serialize on the object, the code in the BaseClass and not the Derived class is being called. Any help greatly appreciated. -- Marcus A.T MacWilliam, Senior Software Engineer. 1Spatial Ltd. Tel: +44 (0)1223 420414, ext 2289, Mob: +44 (0)7803 706597. E-Mail: marcus.macwilliam(a)1spatial.com Skype:marcus.macwilliam Tennyson House, 7 Cambridge Business Park, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ. Registered in England No. 4785688, VAT Reg. No. 135539408. Website: http://www.1spatial.com/ E-mail: info(a)1spatial.com

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Removing all support for Visual C++ 7.0, GCC 3.2 and other old compilers
by Daniel James 06 Aug '13

06 Aug '13

Hello all, There has been some discussion on the development list about dropping all support for old C++ compilers. This will allow us to remove a lot of workarounds and simplify the code but before doing so it's a good idea to find out if anyone is still using them. Using boost with these compilers will cause a compile error in the config library (you can work round that using a custom configuration, but it's unlikely you'll be able to get much to work). The currently proposed versions for removing support are: Digital Mars 8.40 and earlier Visual C++ 7.0 and earlier GCC 3.2 and earlier Intel C++ 5.0 and earlier Which is, I think, a very cautious list. There's also a good chance that we might want to remove support for Borland C++ 5.x. Is there anyone still using those compilers? Just to be clear, this doesn't mean we'll be fully supporting all compilers later than these. Old compilers such as Visual C++ 7.1 and gcc 3.4 won't have a config error and we won't deliberately remove support, but support will be patchy. Many libraries (especially new ones) don't support those compilers, and we also don't have any formal testing for them, so if a new change breaks something, it might not be noticed. If you are still using compilers which are a little more recent than the ones listed above, it might still be worth mentioning in case we consider removing support for them in the future. Thanks in advance for any response, Daniel James

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Using boost_foreach with c++ enumerations
by Tim Burgess 06 Aug '13

06 Aug '13

Hi, Is it possible to use boost_foreach to iterate over the members of a c++ enum? If so, can anybody point me to an example? Many thanks in advance. Best wishes. Tim Burgess Raised Bar Ltd. T: 01827 719822 M: 07989 486976 W: http://www.raisedbar.net

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[Spirit/Qi] Malformed JSON parser
by Szymon Gatner 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

Hi, I am trying to add a support for degenerate / corner cases for my JSON parser. First I needed support for malformed null values for object members like that: obj : { "bad_member: , "correct_member: null } I would like the parser to generate same result for both members in that case (null value). I eventually came up with custom semantic action that does the job: struct MakeMember { typedef void result_type; template <class Arg1, class Ctx> result_type operator()(Arg1& arg1, Ctx& ctx, bool& b) const { using namespace boost::fusion; auto m0 = boost::fusion::at_c<0>(arg1); auto m1 = boost::fusion::at_c<1>(arg1); ctx.attributes.car.first = m0; ctx.attributes.car.second = m1 ? *m1 : NullT(); } }; but I have a feeling that is not the best way to do it. I would rally appreciate an advice on that. Secondly I want to add support for empty array members: obj : { "empty_array" : [] } but this time I am totally lost. My array parser looks like this: array = '[' >> value % ',' >> ']'; which is only god for 1 or more element list. I tried array = '[' >> -(value % ',') >> ']'; and altho it compiled it still didn't reckognize "[]' as Array object. Full source code of parser / grammar attched. Regards, Szymon

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Trying out Build on Windows, have questions
by Daryle Walker 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

After using a bunch of IDEs to compile my trial Boost code on Windows, I'm trying out Boost's included build system. I've been using the directions at http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_54_0/more/getting_started/index.html. I'm using a 32-bit Windows 8 Pro laptop. I have the MinGW-Builds version of GCC 4.8.1 installed. I downloaded a copy of Clang 3.3, built with the aforementioned GCC. I also have Visual Studio Express 2012 (v11.0) installed, the Desktop version along with the Metro and Web versions. The copy of Clang is installed into the same directories as GCC, and the "bin" sub-directory is in my PATH. I'm using a Subversion copy of the Boost libraries. Per the Getting Started instructions, I changed to the Boost Subversion directory and ran "bootstrap." I'm using a "user-config.jam" file of: //===== using gcc : 4.8 : : <cxxflags>-std=c++11 ; using msvc : 11.0 : "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\bin\cl" ; using clang : 3.3 : : <cxxflags>-std=c++11 ; //===== Then I ran ".\b2", and the GCC version of the Boost libraries were built. Then I ran ".\b2 toolset=msvc" for the Visual Studio version. When I tried ".\b2 toolset=clang", it failed miserably since it couldn't find any of the standard headers. Now I've heard that Clang can build for Windows, but actually using it is broken (no matter how it's built). Is there a way to adjust the clang entry in my "user-config.jam" so it gets all the stuff it needs from the GCC installation? I got the sample regex program to build with GCC: //===== C:\Users\Daryle\Documents\Projects>g++ -I ..\Repositories\boost-trunk example2.c pp -o example2 -L ..\Repositories\boost-trunk\stage\lib -lboost_regex-mgw48-mt-1 _55 //===== but not with MSVC: //===== C:\Users\Daryle\Documents\Projects>cl /EHsc /I ..\Repositories\boost-trunk examp le2.cpp /link /LIBPATH:C:\Users\Daryle\Documents\Repositories\boost-trunk\stage \lib Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 17.00.51106.1 for x86 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. example2.cpp Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 11.00.51106.1 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. /out:example2.exe /LIBPATH:C:\Users\Daryle\Documents\Repositories\boost-trunk\stage\lib example2.obj LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'libboost_regex-vc110-mt-s-1_55.lib ' //===== When I looked at the library-storage directory, there were no variants with "-s-". Should I run "b2," which is now in my PATH, again to add the required variants? What options do I need to add to the command line? Daryle W.

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boost logging to file
by Jarrett Chisholm 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

Thanks to everyone who's replied to my previous boost logging question - still having some issues I'm afraid :S I've been struggling with boost log for a while now - I got their simple example writing to a log file (http://boost-log.sourceforge.net/libs/log/example/doc/tutorial_file.cpp) However, when I try to copy that code into my own 'Logger' class, I can't get it to write to the log file. I can see the file `default.log` get created, but there is nothing in it. I'm on debian 7 64bit. Everything compiles fine - compile line is: g++ -o build/Logger.o -c -std=c++11 -Wall -g -O0 -DBOOST_LOG_DYN_LINK -DDEBUG src/Logger.cpp g++ -o build/logtest build/Logger.o -lboost_log -lboost_log_setup -lboost_date_time -lboost_thread -lboost_wave -lboost_regex -lboost_program_options Here's my code: `Logger.cpp` #include "Logger.h" namespace logging = boost::log; namespace sinks = boost::log::sinks; namespace src = boost::log::sources; namespace expr = boost::log::expressions; namespace attrs = boost::log::attributes; namespace keywords = boost::log::keywords; namespace dhlogging { Logger::Logger(std::string fileName) { initialize(fileName); } Logger::Logger(Logger const&) { } Logger::~Logger() { } Logger* Logger::logger_ = nullptr; Logger* Logger::getInstance(std::string logFile) { if ( Logger::logger_ == nullptr ) { logging::add_file_log( logFile ); logging::core::get()->set_filter ( logging::trivial::severity >= logging::trivial::info ); logging::add_common_attributes(); Logger::logger_ = new Logger(logFile); } return Logger::logger_; } void Logger::initialize(std::string fileName) { BOOST_LOG(log_) << "Hello, World!"; BOOST_LOG_SEV(log_, info) << "Hello, World2!"; } void Logger::logInfo(std::string message) { BOOST_LOG_SEV(log_, info) << message; } void Logger::logDebug(std::string message) { BOOST_LOG_SEV(log_, debug) << message; } void Logger::logWarn(std::string message) { BOOST_LOG_SEV(log_, warning) << message; } void Logger::logError(std::string message) { BOOST_LOG_SEV(log_, error) << message; } void Logger::logFatal(std::string message) { BOOST_LOG_SEV(log_, fatal) << message; } } int main(int, char*[]) { logging::add_common_attributes(); using namespace logging::trivial; dhlogging::Logger::getInstance()->logInfo("himom"); return 0; } `Logger.h` #ifndef LOGGER_H_ #define LOGGER_H_ #include <boost/log/core.hpp> #include <boost/log/trivial.hpp> #include <boost/log/expressions.hpp> #include <boost/log/sinks/text_file_backend.hpp> #include <boost/log/utility/setup/file.hpp> #include <boost/log/utility/setup/common_attributes.hpp> #include <boost/log/sources/severity_logger.hpp> #include <boost/log/sources/record_ostream.hpp> namespace logging = boost::log; namespace sinks = boost::log::sinks; namespace src = boost::log::sources; namespace expr = boost::log::expressions; namespace attrs = boost::log::attributes; namespace keywords = boost::log::keywords; using namespace logging::trivial; namespace dhlogging { class Logger { public: static Logger* getInstance(std::string logFile = "default.log"); void logInfo(std::string message); void logDebug(std::string message); void logWarn(std::string message); void logError(std::string message); void logFatal(std::string message); private: Logger(std::string fileName); Logger(Logger const&); Logger& operator=(Logger const&); virtual ~Logger(); void initialize(std::string fileName); src::severity_logger< severity_level > log_; static Logger* logger_; // singleton instance }; } #endif /* LOGGER_H_ */ Anyone have any ideas? Jarrett

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Boost Iterator: Limiting an existing iterator
by אנטולי קרס נר 03 Aug '13

03 Aug '13

Hello, I'm writing a C++ class which has an STL container as a data member, and I'd like to write an iterator class which allows to iterate through the container. Which container is used, is implementation detail. I want the iterator to be a ForwardIterator, even if a random-access container is used, e.g. std::vector. What's the quick and simple way to define an iterator adapter class which uses the "base" iterator's functions, but only the ones supported by a forward iterator? The reason I need it is error detection. If the user gets a random-access iterator and treats it as such, the compiler won't complain, but in future versions of my code the user's code may break because random access shouldn't really be supported, e.g. if I change from vector to list. Thanks in advance, fr33domlover Hmmm... I guess using boost::iterator_adapter should help

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[asio] using libgamin
by Alexander Nagel 03 Aug '13

03 Aug '13

Hello, one can use "signal_set" to connect to a SIGHUP signal and then reload a configuration file. I am thinking about a different approach. What about using libgamin to get notified if the config file changes and then reload automatically, if the config file is correct and valid. Is it possible to implement that behavior with asio? I read through the reference but I couldn't find something. I am not yet familiar with all aspects of asio. Perhaps I have overread it. Does anybody have a hint or an idea, please? regards, Alexander -- I would prefer to have encrypted communication. If you also prefer to encrypt emails, please do. Alexander Nagel Email: alexander(a)acwn.de Homepage: http://www.acwn.de/

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Boost Regex link errors with clang on Mac OS
by Rodrigo Madera 02 Aug '13

02 Aug '13

Linking with Boost Regex delivers this message: Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64: "boost::regex_error::regex_error(std::string const&, boost::regex_constants::error_type, long)", referenced from: boost::re_detail::basic_regex_creator<char, boost::regex_traits<char, boost::cpp_regex_traits<char> > >::fixup_recursions(boost::re_detail::re_syntax_base*) in tools_utils.o boost::re_detail::basic_regex_creator<char, boost::regex_traits<char, boost::cpp_regex_traits<char> > >::create_startmaps(boost::re_detail::re_syntax_base*) in tools_utils.o boost::re_detail::basic_regex_creator<char, boost::regex_traits<char, boost::cpp_regex_traits<char> > >::create_startmap(boost::re_detail::re_syntax_base*, unsigned char*, unsigned int*, unsigned char) in tools_utils.o boost::re_detail::basic_regex_parser<char, boost::regex_traits<char, boost::cpp_regex_traits<char> > >::fail(boost::regex_constants::error_type, long, std::string, long) in tools_utils.o "boost::re_detail::lookup_default_collate_name(std::string const&)", referenced from: boost::re_detail::cpp_regex_traits_implementation<char>::lookup_ collatename(char const*, char const*) const in tools_utils.o ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64 According to the Stack Overflow link [1], the problem lies in a clang bug. But I updated to the latest version I could find and it's still there. Apparently the BOOST_REGEX_NO_EXTERNAL_TEMPLATES define does work on preventing the hack on the template keyword, on boost/regex/v4/instances.hpp . Anyone else had this bug? Thanks for any help letting me compile without ugly hacks, Rodrigo I'm using Mac OS X 10.8.4, and compiling with C++11. > c++ --version Apple LLVM version 4.2 (clang-425.0.28) (based on LLVM 3.2svn) Target: x86_64-apple-darwin12.4.0 Thread model: posix References: [1] http://stackoverflow .com/questions/10879284/how-to-dynamically-build-and-link-boostregex -with-hidden-inlines

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[multi-index] retrieve unique keys of a non-unique index
by Rory McCarthy 02 Aug '13

02 Aug '13

Hi everyone (my apologies if this shows as a report), In the following example is there a more efficient way to retrieve the unique keys of a non-unique index? #include <boost/multi_index_container.hpp> #include <boost/multi_index/member.hpp> #include <boost/multi_index/hashed_index.hpp> #include <boost/tuple/tuple.hpp> #include <algorithm> #include <iostream> #include <iterator> #include <string> using boost::multi_index_container; using namespace boost::multi_index; struct name {}; struct value {}; struct guid {}; struct TaggedNodeEntry { int name; int value; std::string guid; TaggedNodeEntry(int name_, int value_, std::string guid_) : name(name_), value(value_), guid(guid_) {} friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const TaggedNodeEntry& e) { os << e.name << " " << e.value << " " << e.guid; return os; } }; typedef multi_index_container< TaggedNodeEntry, indexed_by< hashed_non_unique< tag<name>, BOOST_MULTI_INDEX_MEMBER(TaggedNodeEntry, int, name) >, hashed_non_unique< tag<value>, BOOST_MULTI_INDEX_MEMBER(TaggedNodeEntry, int, value) >, hashed_non_unique< tag<guid>, BOOST_MULTI_INDEX_MEMBER(TaggedNodeEntry, std::string, guid) > > > TaggedNodes; int main() { TaggedNodes taggedNodes; taggedNodes.insert(TaggedNodeEntry(1, 1, "one-one")); taggedNodes.insert(TaggedNodeEntry(1, 2, "one-two")); taggedNodes.insert(TaggedNodeEntry(1, 3, "one-three")); taggedNodes.insert(TaggedNodeEntry(2, 1, "two-one")); taggedNodes.insert(TaggedNodeEntry(2, 2, "two-two")); taggedNodes.insert(TaggedNodeEntry(3, 6, "three-six")); std::cout << std::endl << "Unique names :-" << std::endl; boost::multi_index::index<TaggedNodes, name>::type::iterator ic0 = get<name>(taggedNodes).begin(); boost::multi_index::index<TaggedNodes, name>::type::iterator ic1 = get<name>(taggedNodes).end(); while (ic0 != ic1) { std::cout << ic0->name << std::endl; ic0 = get<name>(taggedNodes).equal_range(ic0->name).second; } return 0; }

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[Wave] Making wave driver work with 0 arguments passed as __VA_ARGS__
by Szymon Kurek 02 Aug '13

02 Aug '13

Hello everyone, I'm porting some g++ code to MSVC, and I'm trying to use the Boost.Wave driver executable as a preprocessor instead of Visual Studio's. Boost 1.54.0. I'm generally successful, but I'm having trouble with macros like these: #define LOG(msg, ...) whatever Usage examples: LOG("Hello world!"); LOG("Hello and print out some variables", foo, bar); Both g++ and MSVC have custom extensions that make these examples work, but Wave is pretty strict and follows the standard to the letter, so gives the error message "not enough arguments for macro LOG" for the first example. I know it's possible to rewrite each macro like this in a standard-compliant way, but it's a lot of work and gets complicated if I want recursive macro invocation. Is it possible to enable this behaviour in wave somehow? Do I need to compile Wave Driver with a specific option? I searched through the docs and tried looking at the code, but I can't find anything. Regards, Szymon Kurek

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[Interprocess] Page default
by Oodini 02 Aug '13

02 Aug '13

Hello, I use Boost.Interprocess on Windows 2003 Server. I am experiencing performances troubles. I am trying to understand what happens, and arrived on Microsoft web pages. I seems that on Windows, shared memory is implemented only through mapped files, and that only a portion of the shared memory is physically in the RAM (this limited number of pages is called "working set"). The Windows API provides some functions for this working set : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/cc441804%28v=vs.85%… I would have liked Interprocess wraps the functions GetProcessMemoryInfo() and SetProcessWorkingSetSize(), so that the full shared memory is put in RAM. But for now, I fear it is impossible to have with Interprocess performances similar to the ones provided by the alternative : data in the process memory.

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[boost::gil] Type conversion in Generic Image Library
by Nestor Morales Hernández 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

Hello, I'm a newbie in this library and I feel a little bit lost. I have the following problem: I currently have an image of the type ` boost::gil::rgb8c_view_t`. I need to pass it to a function (from a code I don't mantain) with this prototype: void function(const boost::gil::rgb8c_view_t& input, const int index, const boost::gil::rgb8c_view_t::view_t &output) I have created an output image by using the following syntax: boost::gil::rgb8c_view_t::view_t output(input._dynamic_cast<boost::gil::rgb8c_view_t::view_t>()); At this point, the compiler accepts the image output as input for the function. However, I need the image back to the `boost::gil::rgb8c_view_t` type. The question is: - Is it a correct way to allocate the image output? - How do I transform it back to the type boost::gil::rgb8c_view_t? Thank you in advance, Néstor

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