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Boost.URL review planned for 13-22 August 2022
by Mateusz Loskot 29 Jun '22

29 Jun '22

Folks, Klemens Morgenstern kindly volunteered [1] as the Review Manager (thanks Klemens!) for the Boost.URL [2], so we have planned the review shortly after the upcoming release of the Boost 1.80. Check the Review Schedule [3] for details! [1] https://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2022/06/253225.php [2] https://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2022/04/252814.php [3] https://www.boost.org/community/review_schedule.html Best regards, -- The Boost Review Wizards Mateusz Loskot

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Boost Twitter is Blowing Up!!!
by Vinnie Falco 21 Jun '22

21 Jun '22

Greetings fellow users, library authors, maintainers, review wizards, release wizards, and Boost Foundation Board members! As part of our ongoing effort to continue the revitalization of Boost, a handful of us have taken the reins to post about Boost on social media. We have postings on Reddit and Hacker news, blog posts about the new efforts in Boost.Unordered, and new tweets. However, we could use your help! Right now the Boost Twitter account has a measly 957 followers. It would be great to increase our reach, so I'm asking everyone if they could be so kind as to Follow the official Boost Twitter account here: <https://twitter.com/Boost_Libraries> and then amplify our messages by Liking and Retweeting. Starting with this pinned tweet, which everyone will see when they visit the Boost Libraries Twittter profile page: <https://twitter.com/Boost_Libraries/status/1539003321939202048> Following the Boost Twitter account will give you up-to-date information about what is going on with Boost, including articles and mentions on other social media sites. Here is what we have so far: <https://www.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/vfdcrz/advancing_the_state_of_the_art…> <https://www.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/vbdr3z/new_boostunordered_containers_…> <https://twitter.com/hackernewstop10/status/1538622706035343364> <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31801814> To summarize, engaging with Boost related content on social media will enhance our profile - any help is appreciated! -- Regards, Vinnie Follow me on GitHub: https://github.com/vinniefalco

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[JSON] Vote for Boost.JSON in this poll!
by Vinnie Falco 21 Jun '22

21 Jun '22

There's an online poll asking about which JSON library you use. If you use Boost.JSON consider voting for it: <https://meetingcpp.com/mcpp/survey/?q=2> Also, consider voting for it if you _don't_ use Boost.JSON, but you want to. -- Regards, Vinnie Follow me on GitHub: https://github.com/vinniefalco

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[Locale] IBM437 encoding not supported in wconv
by Arnold, Stefan 14 Jun '22

14 Jun '22

Why is the IBM437 encoding not supported in boost::locale with the Win32 API ("wconv") backend? The following call will fail with a boost::locale::conv::invalid_charset_error when using the Win32 API backend: boost::locale::conv::to_utf<char>("abc", "IBM437") This is because "ibm437" is not contained in the all_windows_encodings variable in wconv_codepage.ipp (nor is "cp437" or another alias). As per Win32 API documentation (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/stringapiset/nf-stringap…, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/intl/code-page-identifiers) this encoding is supported in Win32 API. Furthermore, IBM437 is the legacy encoding of filenames in ZIP files, so it should be quite common.

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Any objections to making C++14 the current baseline for Boost support and testing?
by John Maddock 10 Jun '22

10 Jun '22

Pursuant of discussion elsewhere: Does anyone have any concrete objections to Boost moving to a C++14 baseline? This would mean: * Library authors can drop and remove all support for pre-C++14 compilers after a suitable deprecation notice in place for say 3 releases. * The community maintenance team can likewise drop pre-C++14 support from community maintained / orphan libaries. * CI tests no longer need report pre-C++14 results. * From the next release onward, the boost super-project should clearly announce in our release notes, that C++11 and earlier support may no longer be available from the start of 2023. Thoughts? Thanks, John Maddock.

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[thread] attribute constructor failing to compile
by Jeanette C. 07 Jun '22

07 Jun '22

Hey hey, using boost 1.78 from the Archlinux repository, using the thread constructor with boost::thread::attributes as first argument fails to compile. The relevant code from the small test program is this: void work(bool& done) // simple main function for the thread int main() { bool done = false; boost::thread::attributes attr; // all changes commented out in the program boost::thread th1(attr, work, std::ref(done)); // some code, sleep and set done to true th1.join(); return 0; } g++ 11.2.0 reports the following error: In file included from /usr/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:33, from /usr/include/boost/thread/thread_only.hpp:22, from /usr/include/boost/thread/thread.hpp:12, from thread_prio.cpp:1: /usr/include/boost/bind/bind.hpp: In instantiation of 'void boost::_bi::list2<A1, A2>::operator()(boost::_bi::type<void>, F&, A&, int) [with F = boost::thread_attributes; A = boost::_bi::list0; A1 = boost::_bi::value<int (*)(bool&)>; A2 = boost::_bi::value<std::reference_wrapper<bool> >]': /usr/include/boost/bind/bind.hpp:1273:18: required from 'boost::_bi::bind_t<R, F, L>::result_type boost::_bi::bind_t<R, F, L>::operator()() [with R = void; F = boost::thread_attributes; L = boost::_bi::list2<boost::_bi::value<int (*)(bool&)>, boost::_bi::value<std::reference_wrapper<bool> > >; boost::_bi::bind_t<R, F, L>::result_type = void]' /usr/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:120:18: required from 'void boost::detail::thread_data<F>::run() [with F = boost::_bi::bind_t<void, boost::thread_attributes, boost::_bi::list2<boost::_bi::value<int (*)(bool&)>, boost::_bi::value<std::reference_wrapper<bool> > > >]' /usr/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:118:18: required from here /usr/include/boost/bind/bind.hpp:298:35: error: no match for call to '(boost::thread_attributes) (int (*&)(bool&), std::reference_wrapper<bool>&)' 298 | unwrapper<F>::unwrap(f, 0)(a[base_type::a1_], a[base_type::a2_]); | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The syntax is based on this part of the manual: https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_79_0/doc/html/thread/thread_management.htm… Is that perhaps a feature only introduced in version 1.79 of the Boost libraries? Best wishes and thanks for any pointers, Jeanette -- * Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g * Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c * GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c Don't care about money It doesn't give me half the thrill <3 (Britney Spears)

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