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Re: Boost version 1.30.0 released
by Kirill Lapshin 20 Mar '03

20 Mar '03

These are great news! Thanks to all Boost developers. One small problem though. I downloaded new release, tried to build it, and got few link errors in Boost.Test on MSVC 6. Please find log attached. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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Boost version 1.30.0 released
by Beman Dawes 20 Mar '03

20 Mar '03

Boost version 1.30.0 has been released. The highlights include: * Filesystem Library added - Portable paths, iteration over directories, and other useful filesystem operations, from Beman Dawes. * Optional Library added - A discriminated-union wrapper for optional values, from Fernando Cacciola. * Interval Library added - Extends the usual arithmetic functions to mathematical intervals, from Guillaume Melquiond, Hervé Brönnimann and Sylvain Pion. * MPL added - Template metaprogramming framework of compile-time algorithms, sequences and metafunction classes, from Aleksey Gurtovoy. * Spirit Library added - An LL (unlimited lookahead) parser framework that represents parsers directly as EBNF grammars in inlined C++ source code, complete with semantic actions, ASTs and much more, from Joel de Guzman and team. * Smart Pointers Library - many enhancements, intrusive_ptr and smart pointer programming techniques docs added. * boost/assert.hpp, boost/current_function.hpp, boost/throw_exception.hpp, boost/checked_delete.hpp have been documented. * Date-Time Library - several fixes and small additions including an interface change to partial_date. * Function Library - added support for assignment to zero (to clear) and comparison against zero (to check if empty). * Operators Library - now takes advantage of named return value optimization (NRVO) when available, from Daniel Frey. * Regression Tests - Much expanded, plus a very nice summary page from Rene Rivera. * Test Library - added new facilities. * Many fixes and enhancements to other libraries. See www.boost.org for more information.

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RE: [Boost-Users] Boost version 1.30.0 released
by Tom Matelich 20 Mar '03

20 Mar '03

I'd have to say the integration of Terje Slettebø's fixes to lexical_cast is a major highlight. I can't wait to play with it. > -----Original Message----- > From: Beman Dawes [mailto:bdawes@acm.org] > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 9:39 AM > To: Boost-users mailing list > Subject: [Boost-Users] Boost version 1.30.0 released > > > Boost version 1.30.0 has been released. The highlights include: > > * Filesystem Library added - Portable paths, iteration over > directories, > and other useful filesystem operations, from Beman Dawes. > > * Optional Library added - A discriminated-union wrapper for optional > values, from Fernando Cacciola. > > * Interval Library added - Extends the usual arithmetic functions to > mathematical intervals, from Guillaume Melquiond, Hervé > Brönnimann and > Sylvain Pion. > > * MPL added - Template metaprogramming framework of compile-time > algorithms, sequences and metafunction classes, from Aleksey Gurtovoy. > > * Spirit Library added - An LL (unlimited lookahead) parser > framework that > represents parsers directly as EBNF grammars in inlined C++ > source code, > complete with semantic actions, ASTs and much more, from Joel > de Guzman and > team. > > * Smart Pointers Library - many enhancements, intrusive_ptr and smart > pointer programming techniques docs added. > > * boost/assert.hpp, boost/current_function.hpp, > boost/throw_exception.hpp, > boost/checked_delete.hpp have been documented. > > * Date-Time Library - several fixes and small additions including an > interface change to partial_date. > > * Function Library - added support for assignment to zero (to > clear) and > comparison against zero (to check if empty). > > * Operators Library - now takes advantage of named return value > optimization (NRVO) when available, from Daniel Frey. > > * Regression Tests - Much expanded, plus a very nice summary > page from Rene > Rivera. > > * Test Library - added new facilities. > > * Many fixes and enhancements to other libraries. > > See www.boost.org for more information. > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ---------------------~--> > Get 128 Bit SSL Encryption! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/xaxhjB/hdqFAA/xGHJAA/EbFolB/TM > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -------~-> > > Info: <http://www.boost.org> > Wiki: <http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl> > Unsubscribe: <mailto:boost-users-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: Information contained in this message and/or attachment(s) may contain confidential information of Zetec, Inc. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender by return email. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: [Boost-Users] boost install and library linking
by Michael Hunley 20 Mar '03

20 Mar '03

I posted a solution to this for the v1 jambuild on the jambuild list, but not sure if anything will come of it since most of the effort is going into v2. My solution (for threads only) was to add a simple stage target at the end of the root Jamfile. Here it is: stage bin : ## Source Files ## <dll>libs/thread/build/boost_thread : ## Tags ## <tag><debug>"d" : ## default variants ## debug release ; This puts all the libs and such in $(BOOST)/bin s.t. all debug variants have are of the form <libraryname>d.<extension>. This is not completely robust (since the possible variants are huge), but it should help basic users out who need one of the generated libs. Makes linking and DLL/SO access much simpler. Under v2 it will be a different ball of wax, but much better/more maintainable (IMHO). HTH, michael At 07:13 AM 3/17/2003 -0700, you wrote: > > Most of the Boost libraries (such as Boost.Random) are header libraries, > > which means that you add ${BOOST} to the include path of your compiler and > > you're done with the "installation". There are a few Boost libraries > > (Python, Regex, Signals, Test, and Thread) that produce actual .lib library > > files. If you are not using those libraries, you do not need to build the > > .lib files. > >Other libraries that produce .libs are the date_time library and in the >upcoming 1.30 release the filesystem library. There are a group of >boosters working on the install process, but in the meantime I see >no reason why you can't do something simple like create a /bin >directory and copy/move/link the libraries to this location >so you don't have to traverse deep into the directory tree to >find them. > >Jeff > > >Info: <http://www.boost.org> >Wiki: <http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl> >Unsubscribe: <mailto:boost-users-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

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Regex++ newbie problems
by Bruce Adams [TSP Sunbury] 20 Mar '03

20 Mar '03

Hi, I've just started using Regex++ (from boost 1.29.0) and I'm experiencing some strangeness that don't seem to be mentioned in the faq. Firstly I found that [-A-Za-z]+ matched spaces and punctuation characters unexpectedly rather than plain alphabetic characters and hyphens only as desired. Reading the documentation I altered this to [-:alpha:] & [-:upper::lower] with no effect. So I decided to experiment with adding ^[:space:]. When finally I reached the expression below I got a coredump where the expression was declared. The intention of this expression was to strip and keep leading and trailing punctuation and spaces as well as extracting a word from the middle. static const boost::regex Word_expression("([:punct::space:]*)([-:upper::lower:^[:punct::space:]]+)([: punct::space:]*)"); Is it right that 'bad' expressions should coredump? And if so in what way is the above expression bad? (as an aside maybe we could catch bad ones better by replacing regex strings with overloaded operators the way streams have superceded printf) I found I still get rogue matches on punctuation and spaces when I use the manually expanded form below: ([-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ]+) What is going wrong? Regards, Bruce A. Full source attached: E.g. try running e.g. ReadWord ",; token-alpha; ," I would desire the matches to be: what[1] -> ",; " what[2] -> "token-alpha" what[3] -> "; ," ----cut here---- #include <iostream> #include <fstream> #include "boost/regex.hpp" int main(int argc,const char* const argv[]) { int Status = 0; // static const boost::regex Word_expression("[a-zA-Z]+"); // causes coredump // static const boost::regex Word_expression("([:punct::space:]*)([-:upper::lower:^[:punct::space:]]+)([: punct::space:]*)"); static const boost::regex Word_expression("([:punct::space:]*)([-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJK LMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ]+)([:punct::space:]*)"); // dump arguments for(int argNo=0;argNo != argc;argNo++) { std::cout << "argNo " << argNo << " = '" << argv[argNo] << "'" << std::endl; boost::cmatch what; if(regex_search(argv[argNo], what, Word_expression)) { std::cout << "Whole = " << what[0].first << std::endl; int resultNo = 1; while(what[resultNo].matched == true) { std::cout << "sub[" << resultNo << "] = " << "'" << what[resultNo].first << "'" << std::endl; resultNo++; } } } if (argc <= 1) { std::cout << "Usage: ReadWord <filename>..." << std::endl; Status = 1; } else { for(int argNo=1;argNo != argc;argNo++) { std::ifstream In(argv[argNo]); if (!In) { std::cout << "Error: could not open file: " << argv[argNo] << std::endl; } else while((In) && (In.eof() == false)) { std::string InputLine; In >> InputLine; std::cout << InputLine << std::endl; } } } return Status; } //main ============================================================================ Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the individual and not necessarily those of Tyco Safety Products. Any prices for the supply of goods or services are only valid if supported by a formal written quotation. This e-mail and any files transmitted with it, including replies and forwarded copies (which may contain alterations) subsequently transmitted from Tyco Saftey Products are confidential and solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivery to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use is strictly prohibited. In this event, please notify us via e-mail at 'helpdesk.tepg(a)tycoint.com' or telephone on 0121 255 6499 and then delete the e-mail and any copies of it. ============================================================================

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Help with my first compilation with uBLAS
by Zdenek Hurak 20 Mar '03

20 Mar '03

Hello, Could anybody help me with my first compilation of a simple code using MATRIX class from uBLAS library? Namely, I can't set all the "include" properly. Have a look at the code snipet: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include <iostream.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <boost/numeric/ublas/matrix.hpp> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { using namespace boost::numeric::ublas; matrix<double> m (3, 3); for (int i = 0; i < m.size1 (); ++ i) for (int j = 0; j < m.size2 (); ++ j) m (i, j) = 3 * i + j; std::cout << m << std::endl; } ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I get an error message: main.cpp:21:42: boost/numeric/ublas/matrix.hpp: No such file or directory I use gcc/g++ on i386-linux and I set a parameter of the compiler to: --x-includes=/home/hurak/Documents/cpluspluswork/boost_1_29_0/ which is exactly the parent directory of "boost/numeric/ublas/matrix.hpp". Could you please explain to me what is still missing? I cannot find any example on the BOOST web. I am not much experienced in all this "include" stuff. Before delving deeper into the compiler options I would like to know if everything else is correct. Thanks Zdenek Hurak

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return type of bind object
by Faheem Mitha 20 Mar '03

20 Mar '03

Dear People, I have defined a function as follows. double accept_prob_fn(const double x, const double be, const double theta, const double a, const double b); Now, I define the temporary function object bind(accept_prob_fn, _1, be, theta, a, b); So this function object would return the first argument, x. However, I want to save this function object to a function object called foo, say. So I want to do something like Type foo = bind(accept_prob_fn, _1, be, theta, a, b); However, the problem I have is that I'm not sure what type foo should be. I forced an error with my compiler (to try to see what it thought the type of the rhs should be) by using Type as double, but all I got was brent.cc:9: cannot convert `boost::_bi::bind_t<double, double (*)(double, double, double, double, double), boost::_bi::list5<boost::arg<1>, boost::_bi::value<double>, boost::_bi::value<double>, boost::_bi::value<double>, boost::_bi::value<double> > >' to `double' in initialization Eww. I've tried looking at the documentation, but I find it pretty much incomprehensible. Could someone a) Tell me what "Type" should be. b) Give me some brief indication of the reasoning by which one might arrive at this conclusion, with appropriate references to the documentation? Thanks. Feel free to cc a copy of any reply to me. I'll check the mailing list via gmane in any case. Faheem.

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inner class functionlity with smart ptr.
by Saffi 19 Mar '03

19 Mar '03

Hi It is very common in Java when using pattern as EventListener having an inner class Adapter as the listener. I wanted that and more, I couldn't use "this" as the source of a shared ptr since then we will have to ref cnt to the same object ... Such scenario will cause a problem when one of the ref cnts will reach zero will delete the object and the other ref will point to a destructed object. The Problem : how define an inner class which would delegate functionality of the main class and break the ever annoying problem of giving ref to the main class. In Short two things are required : a. getSelf() functionality instead of "this" as a base for reference b. a glue to connect inner class to outer (in Java in terms of this example : ObjectWithAdapter.this) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- Example : ObjectWithAdapter : the main class that need to register as listener IListener : listener interface ObjectWithAdapter::Adapter is the implementation of the IListener and delegates the message to the main class class IListener { virtual void helloListener(char *str)=0; }; class ObjectWithAdapter : public TMe<ObjectWithAdapter> { typedef RStrong<ObjectWithAdapter> RObjectWithAdapter; public: void helloListener(char *str) { // called from adapter } public: class Adapter : public TSon<ObjectWithAdapter>, IListener {public: void helloListener(char *str) { if (getPapa()) { getPapa()->helloListener(str); } } Adapter() { // register } virtual ~Adapter(void ) {// unregister } }; typedef RStrong<Adapter> RAdapter; RAdapter _adapter; ObjectWithAdapter() { } void initSons() { _adapter = RAdapter(new Adapter()); _adapter->initSon(getSelf()); } ~ObjectWithAdapter() { } }; typedef RStrong<ObjectWithAdapter> RObjectWithAdapter; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Is such functionality is worthy piece of code for boost ? BTW my implementation works fine for me. -- Saffi

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boost smart pointers with memory managers
by shanypozin2003 19 Mar '03

19 Mar '03

Hi Is there a way to work with boost's smart pointers , for memory allocated by a memory manager ? I have a memory manager the pre allocates memory , and when i need new memory , i use the manager to supply it , and when i am finished, i return the memory to the memory manager . did i make my self clear ?. thanks shany

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AW: [Boost-Users] boost smart pointers with memory managers
by Jasper, Alexander 19 Mar '03

19 Mar '03

Hello Shany! > Is there a way to work with boost's smart pointers , > for memory allocated by a memory manager ? The smart pointer aren't actually responsible for allocation the memory. One option is overloading operator new and delete in the right way. If've done that and we use the smart pointers in conjuction with boost::pool. hope this helps. alex

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