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Boost test thread safety
by Chris 23 Jun '07

23 Jun '07

I have been working for a while on trying to diagnose whether my library or the boost test library is causing many of my thread issues. I hear that the boost test is not thread safe, is the correct? How incomplete is the thread safety and is there a time span on when it will be achieved? -Thanks for the current thread Chris

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Boost.Test internal framework error: unknown reason
by Ole Christian Weidner 23 Jun '07

23 Jun '07

Aloha, I have a strange problem when running the Boost Unit Test Framework on MacOS X (Intel). I'm using Boost 1.33.1 built from source with gcc 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5367). Compiling and linking of my tests works fine with: /usr/bin/g++-4.0 -arch i386 -Wl,-all_load -L$BOOST_LOCATION - lboost_unit_test_framework ... but whenever I try to run my test application I get a not very meaningful error message (the same code works fine on Linux and Windows): [Session started at 2007-06-11 13:06:27 -0500.] SAGA C++ Conformance Tests Boost.Test internal framework error: unknown reason saga_test_suite_v2 has exited with status 200. The error seems to occur somewhere within the framework initialization - the entry point (test_suite * init_unit_test_suite (int argc, char* argv[])) is never reached. Any ideas how to track down the error? Are there any command line arguments to make the framework's output more verbose? Thanks, Ole

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[1.34.1] Release Candidate
by Thomas Witt 23 Jun '07

23 Jun '07

Hi, The 1.34.1 release candidate is now available from http://www.boost.org/release/ please give it a try and report any problems to the developer list or directly to me. I'll be travelling till July 5th. Internet access is unlikely, so far :( Thanks Thomas -- Thomas Witt witt(a)acm.org

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problem... maybe boost could help
by Lukasz 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

Hello, I'm fairly new to boost and don't know all of the functionality. I have been using the serialization library, read about mpl, signals and that's about it. Maybe someone will have an idea if there is anything in boost that i could use to solve the following problem (or any other solution). I'm working a an Agent framework, and at this point, specifically on an event (messaging system). The basic layout is the following (what concerns the messaging part): The framework contains Agents and Behaviors. They all need to communicate with each other. Both of these classes derive from an interface EventReceiver, which declares, amongst other things, a pure virtual ProcessEvent(Event * event) function. Specific behaviors and agents are obviously derived from the base ones. All events are derived from the base Event class (to allow users to create their own events with whatever information they need in there). The main messaging hub is a class MessengerService, which contains two maps, the first one relates static UUID's of events to UUID's of receivers , and the second receiver UUID's with a list of actual events of type Event*. The basic use case is: a behavior calls a register function in MessengerService to add itself as a receiver for a certain type of event (register/unregister can happen at anytime). At anytime, a behavior/agent can create an event, and call a send function, which adds it to the list of events that are pending for a given receiver (if a receiver was registered for this event type). As all agents/behaviors are ticked, a "Monitor" is moved to the current agent/behavior. The monitor queries the messenger service for all pending events destined for the current agent/behavior, and calls a processEvent function on the agent/behavior passing it the event as an argument. The problem is here. I want agents/behaviors to add handlers for different event types that they registered for, i.e. class SomeBehavior: public Behavior { ... processEvent(EventTest1 & event); processEvent(EventTest2 & event); ... } Since the events were registered, i know that the correct handlers exist in the most derived class types (there will also be a forwarding scheme for unregistered or broadcast events). The problem is that i only have a pointer to the base class (EventReceiver) and to the base class of the event (Event). I can't cast directly because i don't know the type to cast to. Also, i don't want to add virtual functions for all possible events to the base class, because that would mean that users would have to play around in the base class (framework) every time they add a new event. Lastly, i wanted to avoid having a general processEvent(Event & event) function and then have the users "switch" on the event type. I solved part of the problem (the first half) by adding a "MostDerviedHelper", which looks sort of like this: template<class Derived> class MostDerivedHelper { .... void dispatchEvent(Event * event) { // Do dispatching here m_derivedPointer->processEvent(*(event->This())); } private: Derived * m_derivedPointer; } Each derived type has a helper, which obviously contains the correct most derived type (since it's itself). The problem now, is that i don't know what to cast the event to so that it calls the correct handler. I can't add the same type of helper to event, because then i would have to pass it the receiver derived type through a template, but since it would have to be a template, i can't call it using my base class event pointer (can't create templated virtual functions). I tried adding a virtual function called "This()" to all events, which would return the derived classes' this pointer, but eventhough it's the correct type, i still need to cast it (which i can't) since it has to be resolved at compile time. I read quite a few things about double/multiple dispatch (in Loki for example), but it's not quite the solution i'm looking for because a usual implementation uses a callback, and that would require that i make my handlers static. MPL is not much of a help either because it's based on static polymorphism, and what i actually need is dynamic. I thought of using boost function & boost bind combined with a double dispatch scheme, but this doesn't work either because then i can't serialize it (i could re-perform the binding after a restore, which i already do for boost::signals, but it's a hassle). So, i'm pretty much out of ideas. I think to sum it up, what i would sort of need is: template<class ReceiverType, class EventType> class Dispatcher { ... send(ReceiverType * receiver, eventType * event) { receiver->processEvent(event); } } In this situation, i would already have all the correct types. The problem is that i can't get all this info at the same time. I also thought about using the curiously recurring template pattern as such: template<class Derived> class Event { template<class derivedReceiver> dispatch(derivedReceiver, Derived event) { .... } } This would work, except that since all events now must specialize to some type of base, i can't use a base class pointer to store in my map, i.e. i can't store all of my events in a map. If anyone has some brilliant idea as to how this can be done (if it can), then i would appreciate the input. Thanks, Lukasz -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/problem...-maybe-boost-could-help-tf3959613.html#a112… Sent from the Boost - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[wave] preprocessing error
by Ovanes Markarian 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

Hello Hartmut, I have a question to you. I got a header file with an error. The content of a file looks like: #ifndef SOME_GUARD #define SOME_GUARD ... some content #endif SOME_GUARD As you see #endif SOME_GUARD is wrong, standard defines that #endif is followed by a newline. Unfortunately wave threw an exception. Calling what member on the std::exception instance caught resulted in the string: boost::wave::preprocess_exception I spent some time to search where that happened and which line was guilty. Is there any way for you to write the file and line which caused the error? I assume smth bad happens inside the wave lib, since I even can not compare curren and end iterator tokens. With Kind Regards, Ovanes Markarian

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ASIO: multiple threads, single io_service
by Andrej van der Zee 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

Hi, I have some (beginners) question about the example server3-porgram that ships with the library. It uses multiple threads with a single io_service. In the method server::run() this happens: std::vector<boost::shared_ptr<boost::thread> > threads; for (std::size_t i = 0; i < thread_pool_size_; ++i) { boost::shared_ptr<boost::thread> thread(new boost::thread(boost::bind(&boost::asio::io_service::run, &io_service_))); threads.push_back(thread); } for (std::size_t i = 0; i < threads.size(); ++i) threads[i]->join(); But when are the threads actually scheduled? Does this happen by the shared io_service? Are the registered callback methods for async_read, async_accept, etc executed in the threads? Also, are there any tradeoffs that I should know off for using the single io_service vs io_service-per-thread approach? Thank you, Andrej ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, sign up for your free account today http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/winter07.ht…

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[ptr_container] How to transfer ownership from smart_ptr to ptr_container
by Seweryn Habdank-Wojewódzki 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

Hi! Is there any smart_ptr and ptr_container that can transfer ownership of pointer, to avoid useless copy-construction and destruction of the object. More less scenario can be like that. 1. smart pointer handles pointer to the huge data. 2. pointer is transfered via signal to the object that has queue of them. 2a. remark not all object are going to the queue, so there is a need to keep them in smart pointer. 3. Queue sends away pointer, or internally destroys (respectively to demand of another signal in the program. More less the simplified draft is shown below. Maybe I have to use vector <shared_ptr <T> > instead of ptr_container? Best regards. #include <boost/ptr_container/ptr_vector.hpp> #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp> #include <iostream> class Foo { public: Foo (int const i) : i_ (i), j_() { ++counter; ++crcounter; std::cout << "Foo (int)" << '\t'; print_counter(); } Foo (Foo const & f) : i_ (f.i_), j_() { ++counter; ++crcounter; std::cout << "Foo (Foo)" << '\t'; print_counter(); } ~Foo() { --counter; std::cout << "~Foo () " << '\t'; print_counter(); } void print (std::ostream & os) const { os << i_; } static int counter; static int crcounter; static void print_counter() { std::cout << "No. Foo = " << counter << " No. created = " << crcounter << '\n'; } private: int i_; int j_[10000]; }; int Foo::counter = 0; int Foo::crcounter = 0; std::ostream & operator<< (std::ostream & os, Foo const & f) { f.print (os); return os; } int main() { using namespace boost; using std::cout; ptr_vector<Foo> pvf; Foo * pf = new Foo(7); cout << *pf << '\n'; pvf.push_back (pf); pf = new Foo(9); cout << *pf << '\n'; pvf.push_back (pf); shared_ptr<Foo> spf (new Foo(11)); cout << *spf << '\n'; pvf.push_back (new Foo (*spf)); spf = shared_ptr <Foo> (new Foo(13)); cout << *spf << '\n'; pvf.push_back (new Foo (*spf)); cout << pvf[0] << '\n'; cout << pvf[1] << '\n'; cout << pvf[2] << '\n'; cout << pvf[3] << '\n'; pf = new Foo(pvf[0]); pvf.erase(pvf.begin()); cout << *pf << '\n'; spf = shared_ptr <Foo> (new Foo (pvf[2])); cout << *spf << '\n'; delete pf; } -- |\/\/| Seweryn Habdank-Wojewódzki \/\/

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(no subject)
by david bautista garcia 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

hello: I don't understand this code, anybody can explain to me what does ":" and "" typedef boost::tokenizer<boost::char_separator<char> > tokenizer; boost::char_separator<char> sep(":", "", boost::keep_empty_tokens); tokenizer tokens(str, sep); tokenizer::iterator tok_iter = tokens.begin(); //cout << "TOKEN " << (*tok_iter) << endl; if de input is : TGTBTS:NAME=TGTBTS:42,BSIC=4-6,BCCHFREQ=784,SYSID=DCS1800,MSTXPMAXGSM=<NULL>,MSTXPMAXDCS=0,MSTXPMAXPCS=<NULL>,CELLGLID="214"-"03"-6004-1519; TGTPTPPKF:NAME=TGTBTS:42/TGTPTPPKF:0,RACODE=137,RACOL=0,GRXLAMI=6,GMSTXPMAC=15; what's de output? thanks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¿Ya sabes con quién vas? ¿Héroe o Villano? Prepárate para la batalla final en http://friki.ozu.es -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Correo enviado desde http://www.ozu.es

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Need help understanding boost::operators::dividable
by Scott, Steven 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

I'm sure the answer to this is out there somewhere, but I'm having trouble finding it. (wearing flame-retardant clothes...) I want to use boost::operators::field_operators to generate all the mathematical operators to allow Vector/scalar arithmetic. Everything works fine except for dividing scalars by vectors. Class Vector looks like this: class Vector : public std::vector<double>, boost::field_operators<Vector, boost::field_operators<Vector, double> > { // required operator+=, -=, *=, /= defined here. }; Now if I write: double x(3.0); Vector v(5), w; v[0] = 1; v[1] = 2; v[2] = 3; v[3] = 4; v[4]=5; w = 3+v; // works fine w = v+3; // works fine ... // subtract and multiply work on both sides w = v/x; // works fine w = x/v; // fails... I think the failure happens because of the way operator/ defined for mixed types something like this: T operator/(U u,T t) { T ans(u); ans/=t; return ans; } which is not what I need. Is there a way I can change the way operator/(double,Vector) works in this one case, but keep the really convenient definitions generated by field_operators otherwise? The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and/or proprietary to Capital One and/or its affiliates. The information transmitted herewith is intended only for use by the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, copying or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from your computer.

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Fwd: [OT] [metaprogramming] Importance of order of delarations/definitions.
by Seweryn Habdank-Wojewódzki 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

Hi! Could anyone tell me if there is any example where in e.g. metaprogramming there is a need of strict order of declarations and definitions of templates? Theoretically there should not be a problem, but maybe there are some tricks where order influence on fitting types and/or for lookup of specializations. Generally the question is related to the fact, that GCC force user to put typedefs and declaration/definitions in proper order before any usage of types. And I am looking for the example which points why we can NOT mix all - when the order is important. Regards. -- |\/\/| Seweryn Habdank-Wojewódzki \/\/

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