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[Q] any successes in building 1.38+GCC-4.3.2+cygwin
by V S P 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

I was trying to test my code on gcc and since do not have access to linux, I used cygwin gcc v 4.3.2 with boost 1.38. I first built bjam (it went Ok). copied it to /bin then created symlink g++ to gcc-4 (cygwin has gcc 4.3.2 as gcc-4) and then with this command bjam toolset=gcc variant=debug release link=shared threading=multi runtime-link=shared stage started the build thread library built (although I am not sure if pthreads are supported on cygwin, may be it was just a dummy library). Many link errors. So wanted to ask if anybody has tried - or if you guys would recommend to try the same with gcc-3.4 thank you in advance -- V S P toreason(a)fastmail.fm -- http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.html

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Taucs installation
by Chaman Singh Verma 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hello, I downloaded "Taucs" from the CGAL site, but it seems that installation is not clean. Can someone tell what I must do ? Thanks. csv csv610@blackhole:~/Downloads/taucs_full$ export OSTYPE=linux csv610@blackhole:~/Downloads/taucs_full$ ./configure ./configure: 61: [[: not found cc -o configurator/configurator configurator/taucs_config.c rm -rf lib/linux/* rm -rf obj/linux/* rm -rf bin/linux/* rm -rf lib/linux/*.* rm -rf obj/linux/*.* rm -rf bin/linux/*.* rm -rf build/linux/taucs_config_tests.h rmdir obj/linux/ rmdir: failed to remove `obj/linux/': No such file or directory make: [clean] Error 1 (ignored) rmdir bin/linux/ rmdir: failed to remove `bin/linux/': No such file or directory make: [clean] Error 1 (ignored) rmdir lib/linux/ rmdir: failed to remove `lib/linux/': No such file or directory make: [clean] Error 1 (ignored) csv610@blackhole:~/Downloads/taucs_full$

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Visual C++ 9.0 + WinCE
by Hernan Di Pietro 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

I'm using Boost 1.37 and I've found that using the headers to develop WinCE applications with WinCE causes Boost header config/compiler/visualc.hpp to emit the EVC++ version not recognized. I've patched the *visualc.hpp* header to recognize the WinCE/VC9 configuration as follows: (line 150): # if defined(UNDER_CE) # if _MSC_VER < 1200 // Note: these are so far off, they are not really supported # elif _MSC_VER < 1300 // eVC++ 4 comes with 1200-1202 # define BOOST_COMPILER_VERSION evc4.0 # elif _MSC_VER == 1400 # define BOOST_COMPILER_VERSION evc8 *# elif _MSC_VER == 1500 # define BOOST_COMPILER_VERSION evc9* # else # if defined(BOOST_ASSERT_CONFIG) # error "Unknown EVC++ compiler version - please run the configure tests and report the results" # else # pragma message("Unknown EVC++ compiler version - please run the configure tests and report the results") # endif # endif Thanks, I dont if there's any workaround already available. Hernán.

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[Function] Small function optimization
by Robert Jones 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

A while back I wrote some code which made heavy use of small boost::functions, using Boost 1.33.1. The performance hit was pretty grim, and in the end I had to take thme out and use non generic hand rolled solutions. However, we have recently upgraded to Boost 1.37, and I notive from all the Boost version issue docs that a small function optimization was added in n Boost 1.35. Can anyone tell me in general terms what was done, and possibly if I'm likely to find the performance significantly better now. Many Thanks, Rob.

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can't debug into BOOST_FOREACH?
by Stephan Menzel 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hi there, I just noticed there seems to be no way of debugging into a BOOST_FOREACH loop... Is that true? I use g++ 4.3 / gdb 6.8 here and neither would the debugger stop any any breakpoint inside such loops nor can I step into them from outside. Is this supposed to be like that? puzzled... Stephan

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New and updated serialization performance results
by Brian Wood 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Recently I updated this comparsion, http://webEbenezer.net/comparison.html, of Ebenezer Enterprises and the Boost Serialization library. Here's a link to the previous version of that file, http://webEbenezer.net/compprev.html. The previous tests used Boost 1.34.1 and the updated versions use Boost 1.38. I didn't detect any improvement performance- wise in the Boost Serialization library in this round of testing. In addition to the updated results, I've added some new tests that test loading/receiving data. Although Boost Serialization comes closer to Ebenezer times when loading/receiving data than it does when saving/sending data, there still is a gap between the two. That gap is greatest when (multi)set, (multi)map, or rb_tree are used. This is probably because Boost Serialization doesn't use the insert with a hint function available with these containers. I believe that multi_index uses the hinted verison of insert in it's marshalling code, so in my opinion it makes sense to consider this in Boost Serialization also. Additionally, we've added support for flex_string, http://erdani.org/code/main.html, to the site. On that page it says Harmut Kaizer reported that dropping flex_string into the Wave Boost Preprocessor improved it's speed by 5-10%, depending on input. I've done a few performance tests comparing the two strings and also found flex_string to be more efficient than std::string. Brian Wood Ebenezer Enterprises www.webEbenezer.net "Then Samuel took a rock and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer [Rock of Help] and said, 'Until now the LORD has helped us.'"

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[result_of] member function
by er 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hi All, Is this feasible? How? class Foo { template<typename Signature> struct result{}; template<typename F> struct result<(F::*f)(value_type)>{ typedef value0_type if f == foo, value1_type if f == bar type; }; value0_type foo(value_type); value1_type bar(value_type); }; How do I invoke result_of to get the result type of F::foo(value_type)?

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Re: [Boost-users] [asio] still weird crashes with asio using libpion on windows
by FantasyDR 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

I met the same issue. And finally I found it was caused by the sequence of object destruction. The asio needs an io_service object to handle all async call. The io_service implementation such as win_iocp_io_service hold a list of its service instance. These instances may be held by object such as tcp::acceptor from their constructor. If io_service was destroyed before the tcp::acceptor then the instance pointer will be released and cause a crash in tcp::acceptor's destructor. The solution is very simple: make sure the io_service was destroyed after all other object that may hold a reference to it. I hope I've described it clearly and can give you some help :-) Bugzilla from stephan.menzel(a)gmx.eu wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have been experiencing problems with weird crashes on Windows using > libpion (http://www.pion.org/projects/pion-network-library) and the > problem is still there with pion 1.0.10 but it changed a little and might > shed some new light on the > Let me just outline the situation. I have a simple project with an app and > two libs, both using boost 1.36 at this time. The app links against those > two libs, and one of the libs links against pion. So does the app of > course. I've built pion as debug dll with boost 1.36. This runs on Windows > and Linux. > Now on Linux everything is fine, no problem at all, no dangerous valgrind > output, nothing. > On Windows however, the application crashes as soon as I do something with > pion, and the callstack leads me to believe it's got something to do with > boost asio. > > Usually it happens within asio win_mutex and looks a lot like this: > http://trac.atomiclabs.com/ticket/32 > To me this looks like an uninitialized mutex is being used. > Not entirely however. I get this: > > First-chance exception at 0x7c91100b in myapp.exe: 0xC0000005: Access > violation reading location 0x00000028. > > it's in win_mutex.hpp > > int do_lock() > { > #if defined(__MINGW32__) > // Not sure if MinGW supports structured exception handling, so for > now > // we'll just call the Windows API and hope. > ::EnterCriticalSection(&crit_section_); > return 0; > #else > __try > { > -> ::EnterCriticalSection(&crit_section_); // CRASH > } > __except(GetExceptionCode() == STATUS_INVALID_HANDLE > || GetExceptionCode() == STATUS_NO_MEMORY > ? EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER : EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH) > { > if (GetExceptionCode() == STATUS_NO_MEMORY) > return ERROR_OUTOFMEMORY; > return ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE; > } > > return 0; > #endif > } > > This exception repeats many times until eventually the app crashes because > 'this' is invalid, pointing somewhere it shouldn't. > The Bug occurs several seconds after the application has started, but I > don't have to actually access pion's http socket for that. I think it > might not be pion's fault at all. > > The whole thing only happens on Windows and renders both pion useless on > that system. I know, it's only Windows but I've been debugging around that > for some months now and I'd really like that solved at some point. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks a lot... > > Stephan > > > PS: > I can't go to boost 1.37 because of: > https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2541 > With Chris apparently not responding or posting about ASIO any more is > there any chance of this being fixed in the next release? Is ASIO > maintained at all? Cause nobody seems to care about that bug. Again, I > know it's only Windows but as long as Windows is officially a supported > system an imporant lib like ASIO should work on it. > > _______________________________________________ > Boost-users mailing list > Boost-users(a)lists.boost.org > http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-asio--still-weird-crashes-with-asio-using-libpion-on… Sent from the Boost - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Formal Review: Boost.RangeEx
by Thorsten Ottosen 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Dear Developers and Users, It's my pleasure to announce that the review of Neil Groves' RangeEx library starts today and lasts until March 3, 2009. What is it? +++++++++++ The library provide two very useful extensions to the range library 1. Range-based algorithms. E.g. boost::sort( rng ); which is a convenient wrapper of instead of std::sort( boost::begin(rng), boost::end(rng) ); But the new interface also allows for more expressive code because (on the fly) composition of algorithms suddenly is possible. 2. Range adaptors. E.g. std::vector<int> vec = ...; boost::copy( vec | boost::adaptors::reversed, std::ostream_iterator<int>( std::cout ) ); where the expression "vec | boost::adaptors::reversed" wraps the iterators of the range on the left in reverse iterators. The library provides a wide range (no pun intended) of Range adaptors, and they are a powerful way to create ranges on the fly and pass them to algorithms. Getting the library +++++++++++++++++++ The library may be downloaded from http://www.cs.aau.dk/~nesotto/boost/range_ex.zip or from the Boost vault under "Algorithms". The docs may be browsed online here http://www.cs.aau.dk/~nesotto/boost/libs/range/ Please note that the documentation is integrated with the current Range ilbrary. Therefore the relevant sections for the review is http://www.cs.aau.dk/~nesotto/boost/libs/range/doc/adaptors.html and http://www.cs.aau.dk/~nesotto/boost/libs/range/doc/algorithms.html The code may be browsed here: http://www.cs.aau.dk/~nesotto/boost/boost/range/ Notice the library is header only (exception: the adaptor tokenized() depends on Boost.Regex). Writing a review ++++++++++++++++ If you feel this is an interesting library, then please submit your review to the developer list (preferably), or to the review manager. Here are some questions you might want to answer in your review: - What is your evaluation of the design? - What is your evaluation of the implementation? - What is your evaluation of the documentation? - What is your evaluation of the potential usefulness of the library? - Did you try to use the library? With what compiler? Did you have any problems? - How much effort did you put into your evaluation? A glance? A quick - reading? In-depth study? - Are you knowledgeable about the problem domain? And finally, every review should answer this question: - Do you think the library should be accepted as a Boost library? Be sure to say this explicitly so that your other comments don't obscure your overall opinion. Special considerations ++++++++++++++++++++++ Various RangeEx like libraries have been implemented in the past. You might want to compare with those libraries when you form your oppinion: 1. John Torjo's range lib http://rangelib.synesis.com.au/libs/boost-rangelib-20040913.zip http://torjo.com/rangelib/index.html 2. Adobe's ASL libraries include range-based algorithms: http://stlab.adobe.com/group__algorithm.html I'm looking forward to your review. best regards Thorsten, Review Manager

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[Review] Reminder: Boost.RangeEx review is going on
by Thorsten Ottosen 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Dear Developers and Users, The review of Neil Groves' RangeEx library lasts until March 3, 2009. Please find the time to do a review if you are interested in this library. The discussion so far may be found here: http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20090220.122836.73bdbd04.en.html Below you will find a description of the library and information on how to write a review. best regards Thorsten, review manager What is it? +++++++++++ The library provide two very useful extensions to the range library 1. Range-based algorithms. E.g. boost::sort( rng ); which is a convenient wrapper of instead of std::sort( boost::begin(rng), boost::end(rng) ); But the new interface also allows for more expressive code because (on the fly) composition of algorithms suddenly is possible. 2. Range adaptors. E.g. std::vector<int> vec = ...; boost::copy( vec | boost::adaptors::reversed, std::ostream_iterator<int>( std::cout ) ); where the expression "vec | boost::adaptors::reversed" wraps the iterators of the range on the left in reverse iterators. The library provides a wide range (no pun intended) of Range adaptors, and they are a powerful way to create ranges on the fly and pass them to algorithms. Getting the library +++++++++++++++++++ The library may be downloaded from http://www.cs.aau.dk/~nesotto/boost/range_ex.zip or from the Boost vault under "Algorithms". The docs may be browsed online here http://www.cs.aau.dk/~nesotto/boost/libs/range/ Please note that the documentation is integrated with the current Range ilbrary. Therefore the relevant sections for the review is http://www.cs.aau.dk/~nesotto/boost/libs/range/doc/adaptors.html and http://www.cs.aau.dk/~nesotto/boost/libs/range/doc/algorithms.html The code may be browsed here: http://www.cs.aau.dk/~nesotto/boost/boost/range/ Notice the library is header only (exception: the adaptor tokenized() depends on Boost.Regex). Writing a review ++++++++++++++++ If you feel this is an interesting library, then please submit your review to the developer list (preferably), or to the review manager. Here are some questions you might want to answer in your review: - What is your evaluation of the design? - What is your evaluation of the implementation? - What is your evaluation of the documentation? - What is your evaluation of the potential usefulness of the library? - Did you try to use the library? With what compiler? Did you have any problems? - How much effort did you put into your evaluation? A glance? A quick - reading? In-depth study? - Are you knowledgeable about the problem domain? And finally, every review should answer this question: - Do you think the library should be accepted as a Boost library? Be sure to say this explicitly so that your other comments don't obscure your overall opinion. Special considerations ++++++++++++++++++++++ Various RangeEx like libraries have been implemented in the past. You might want to compare with those libraries when you form your oppinion: 1. John Torjo's range lib http://rangelib.synesis.com.au/libs/boost-rangelib-20040913.zip http://torjo.com/rangelib/index.html 2. Adobe's ASL libraries include range-based algorithms: http://stlab.adobe.com/group__algorithm.html I'm looking forward to your review. best regards Thorsten, Review Manager

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