April 2004 - Boost - lists.boost.org

serialization and MFC
by Eric Niebler 28 Apr '04

28 Apr '04

Forgive the possibly naive question -- I have never used the serialization library, but I have used MFC serialization. I am curious if the boost serialization library can be made backwards-compatible with MFC serialization; that is, if I have an old application that uses MFC serialization, would it be possible to switch to the boost serialization library and still have the ability to read old (MFC) archives? I'd like to know: - if it's possible - how hard it would be (would it require reverse-engineering the MFC archive format? is that format stable? documented?) - what the advantages of switching are Thanks. -- Eric Niebler Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com

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intel-linux toolset doc error
by Richard Hadsell 28 Apr '04

28 Apr '04

I am upgrading from Boost 1.30.0 to 1.31.0, trying to use bjam for the first time to build the libraries (including Regex). When building for intel-linux, I read (tools/build/v1/intel-linux-tools.html) that bjam would be able to find the compiler from the location of the iccvars.sh script. This did not work. Evidence: 162% which iccvars.sh /usr/local/intel/compiler80/ia32/bin/iccvars.sh 163% which icc /usr/local/intel/compiler80/ia32/bin/icc Despite both of these being in my PATH, bjam tried to look elsewhere: 168% bjam "-sTOOLS=intel-linux" --stagedir=stage "-sBUILD=debug release <threading>single" stage [snip] intel-linux-C++-action bin/boost/libs/date_time/build/libboost_date_time.so/intel-linux/debug/shared-linkable-true/greg_month.o /bin/sh: /opt/intel/compiler70/ia32/bin/iccvars.sh: No such file or directory Specifying the version number did not help: 169% bjam "-sTOOLS=intel-linux" "-sINTEL_VERSION=80" --stagedir=stage "-sBUILD=debug release <threading>single" stage [snip] intel-linux-C++-action bin/boost/libs/date_time/build/libboost_date_time.so/intel-linux/debug/shared-linkable-true/greg_month.o /bin/sh: /opt/intel_cc_80/bin/iccvars.sh: No such file or directory -- Dick Hadsell 914-259-6320 Fax: 914-259-6499 Reply-to: hadsell(a)blueskystudios.com Blue Sky Studios http://www.blueskystudios.com 44 South Broadway, White Plains, NY 10601

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Problems using Boost, Pls Advise
by Steve Bobrowski 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

Hi, I'm a C++ newbie trying to use the Boost regex libraries. Here's my situation. My system is Red Hat Linux 9, using the Borland C++BuilderX Personal IDE (which uses the g++ compiler). I downloaded and installed Boost from boost.org using the command: bjam -sTOOLS=gcc install The install seemed to complete fine, with 2900+ targets updated. The libraries install in /usr/local/include/boost-1_31/boost. I created the following link: ln -s /usr/local/include/boost-1_31/boost /usr/include/boost I then use C++BuilderX to try and compile one of the example programs for the regex libaries that I found in the documentation. The source code is: /////////////////////// #include <list> #include <boost/regex.hpp> unsigned tokenise(std::list<std::string>& l, std::string& s) { return boost::regex_split(std::back_inserter(l), s); } #include <iostream> using namespace std; #if defined(BOOST_MSVC) || (defined(__BORLANDC__) && (__BORLANDC__ == 0x550)) // // problem with std::getline under MSVC6sp3 istream& getline(istream& is, std::string& s) { s.erase(); char c = is.get(); while(c != '\n') { s.append(1, c); c = is.get(); } return is; } #endif int main(int argc) { string s; list<string> l; do{ if(argc == 1) { cout << "Enter text to split (or \"quit\" to exit): "; getline(cin, s); if(s == "quit") break; } else s = "This is a string of tokens"; unsigned result = tokenise(l, s); cout << result << " tokens found" << endl; cout << "The remaining text is: \"" << s << "\"" << endl; while(l.size()) { s = *(l.begin()); l.pop_front(); cout << s << endl; } }while(argc == 1); return 0; } /////////////////////// The compiler returns the following errors: /////////////////////// g++ -c -o /home/sbobrows/cbproject/pmetest/linux/Debug_Build/splittest.o -g2 -O0 -MD -I/usr/include -I/usr/include/g++-3 splittest.cpp g++ -o /home/sbobrows/cbproject/pmetest/linux/Debug_Build/pmetest linux/Debug_Build/splittest.o linux/Debug_Build/splittest.o(.text+0x2c9): In function `__tcf_0': "stl_vector.h": /usr/include/c++/3.2.2/bits/stl_vector.h undefined reference to `boost::reg_expression<char, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::~reg_expression [in-charge]()' at line 998 linux/Debug_Build/splittest.o(.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9re_detail22get_defau lt_expressionIcEERKNS_14reg_expressionIT_NS_12regex_traitsIS3_EESaIS 3_EEES3_+0x39): In function `boost::reg_expression<char, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const& boost::re_detail::get_default_expression<char>(char)': "perl_matcher_common.hpp": /usr/include/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp undefined reference to `boost::reg_expression<char, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::reg_expression[in-charge](char const*, unsigned, std::allocator<char> const&)' at line 734 linux/Debug_Build/splittest.o(.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost11regex_splitISt20bac k_insert_iteratorISt4listISsSaISsEEEcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcENS_12reg ex_traitsIcEES8_EEjT_RSbIT0_T1_T2_ERKNS_14reg_expressionISC_T3_T4_EENS_15reg ex_constants12_match_flagsEj+0x12e): In function `unsigned boost::regex_split<std::back_insert_iterator<std::list<std::basic_string<cha r, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > >, char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char>, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >(std::back_insert_iterator<std::list<std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > >, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >&, boost::reg_expression<char, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, boost::regex_constants::_match_flags, unsigned)': "perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp": /usr/include/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp undefined reference to `boost::reg_expression<char, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::mark_count() const' at line 1059 linux/Debug_Build/splittest.o(.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9re_detail12perl_matc herIN9__gnu_cxx17__normal_iteratorIPKcSsEESaINS_9sub_matchIS6_EEENS_ 12regex_traitsIcEESaIcEEC1ES6_S6_RNS_13match_resultsIS6_S9_EERKNS_14reg_expr essionIcSB_SC_EENS_15regex_constants12_match_flagsE+0x78): In function `boost::re_detail::perl_matcher<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, std::allocator<boost::sub_match<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > >, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::perl_matcher[in-charge](__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, boost::match_results<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, std::allocator<boost::sub_match<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > > >&, boost::reg_expression<char, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, boost::regex_constants::_match_flags)': "perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp": /usr/include/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp undefined reference to `boost::reg_expression<char, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::get_traits() const' at line 869 ': "basic_string.tcc": /usr/include/c++/3.2.2/bits/basic_string.tcc undefined reference to `boost::reg_expression<char, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::empty() const' at line 146 linux/Debug_Build/splittest.o(.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9re_detail12perl_matc herIN9__gnu_cxx17__normal_iteratorIPKcSsEESaINS_9sub_matchIS6_EEENS_ 12regex_traitsIcEESaIcEE24estimate_max_state_countEPSt26random_access_iterat or_tag+0x30): In function `boost::re_detail::perl_matcher<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, std::allocator<boost::sub_match<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > >, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::estimate_max_state_count(std::random_access_iterator_tag*)': "regex_grep.hpp": /usr/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_grep.hpp undefined reference to `boost::reg_expression<char, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::size() const' at line 46 linux/Debug_Build/splittest.o(.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9re_detail12perl_matc herIN9__gnu_cxx17__normal_iteratorIPKcSsEESaINS_9sub_matchIS6_EEENS_ 12regex_traitsIcEESaIcEE8find_impEv+0xc0): In function `boost::re_detail::perl_matcher<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, std::allocator<boost::sub_match<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > >, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::find_imp()': "regex_grep.hpp": /usr/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_grep.hpp undefined reference to `boost::reg_expression<char, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::mark_count() const' at line 49 Build cancelled due to errors linux/Debug_Build/splittest.o(.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9re_detail12perl_matc herIN9__gnu_cxx17__normal_iteratorIPKcSsEESaINS_9sub_matchIS6_EEENS_ 12regex_traitsIcEESaIcEE8find_impEv+0x202): In function `boost::re_detail::perl_matcher<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, std::allocator<boost::sub_match<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > >, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::find_imp()': "perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp": /usr/include/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp undefined reference to `boost::reg_expression<char, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::mark_count() const' at line 767 linux/Debug_Build/splittest.o(.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9re_detail12perl_matc herIN9__gnu_cxx17__normal_iteratorIPKcSsEESaINS_9sub_matchIS6_EEENS_ 12regex_traitsIcEESaIcEE8find_impEv+0x290): In function `__static_initialization_and_destruction_0': "perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp": /usr/include/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp undefined reference to `boost::reg_expression<char, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::mark_count() const' at line 1254 linux/Debug_Build/splittest.o(.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9re_detail12perl_matc herIN9__gnu_cxx17__normal_iteratorIPKcSsEESaINS_9sub_matchIS6_EEENS_ 12regex_traitsIcEESaIcEE8find_impEv+0x2d7): In function `boost::re_detail::perl_matcher<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, std::allocator<boost::sub_match<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > >, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::find_imp()': "perl_matcher_common.hpp": /usr/include/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp undefined reference to `boost::re_detail::verify_options(unsigned, boost::regex_constants::_match_flags)' at line 821 linux/Debug_Build/splittest.o(.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9re_detail8access_tIc NS_12regex_traitsIcEESaIcEE5firstERKNS_14reg_expressionIcS3_S4_EE+0x d): In function `boost::re_detail::access_t<char, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::first(boost::reg_expression<char, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&)': "regex_split.hpp": /usr/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_split.hpp undefined reference to `boost::reg_expression<char, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::first(boost::reg_expression<char, boost::regex_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&) at line 36 /////////////////////// After searching around extensively, I've not come up with any solution to my problem. Can someone please point me in the right direction? It seems like I'm just missing some configuration step along the way. Thanks in advance, Steve!

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RE: RE: Re: Re:[boost] Re: Serialization Formal Review #2
by Rozental, Gennadiy 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

> > > The main problem I had was that certain member variable weren't > > > accessible. The STL collections don't have that issue so > there was no > > > problem. > > > Sorry if this is silly question, but why would you need an > access to > > the counter? IMO we should be able to save/load shared_ptr without > > need to save it. > > I checked the code (which was written some time ago) and the > answer to that question isn't obvious to me. I do remember > starting with the idea that it wouldn't be necessary to look > beyond shared_ptr but I had to just keep adding on to make > things work. The implementation of shared_ptr is A LOT more > involved that one would guess. > > My implementation of shared_ptr implementation may not be the > only or best one. It is pretty straight forward however in > that it follows the chain of composition - which includes > shared_count. > > Sorry I can't give a better answer. > > Robert Ramey There is another counter to direct counter using (I just think out loud - it may be that you ok): what if I do not save all of the shared_ptr to the same object? What will happened once they will get restored? Wouldn't it cause memory leak? I do realize that any other solution would be more complicated, but I think we should go for it. Gennadiy.

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Re:RE: Re: Re:[boost] Re: Serialization Formal Review #2
by Robert Ramey 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

> > The main problem I had was that certain member variable weren't > > accessible. The STL collections don't have that issue so there was no > > problem. > Sorry if this is silly question, but why would you need an access to the > counter? IMO we should be able to save/load shared_ptr without need to > save it. I checked the code (which was written some time ago) and the answer to that question isn't obvious to me. I do remember starting with the idea that it wouldn't be necessary to look beyond shared_ptr but I had to just keep adding on to make things work. The implementation of shared_ptr is A LOT more involved that one would guess. My implementation of shared_ptr implementation may not be the only or best one. It is pretty straight forward however in that it follows the chain of composition - which includes shared_count. Sorry I can't give a better answer. Robert Ramey

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shared_ptr and BOOST_DISABLE_THREADS
by Carl Daniel 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

Playing with a Spirit-based parser for a simple scripting language I noticed that #defining BOOST_DISABLE_THREADS resulted in a parser that was nearly 3 times faster. For reasons that aren't relevant to the discussion, this had to be an MT build, but the parser didn't need thread safety. That made me wonder though: If I #define BOOST_DISABLE_THREADS in some translation units but not in others, what's going to happen? I suppose one way of summarizing it is this: does BOOST_DISABLE_THREADS change the type of shared_ptr that's made? If not, that seems like a rather serious problem to me - especially given the enormous difference in performance that I measured (optimized build with VC8 alpha). What obvious thing am I overlooking? -cd

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dynamic_bitset: work in progress...
by Gennaro Prota 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

Hi, for those interested in dynamic_bitset I wanted to reassure them that it will be stabilized soon. It's just, as I said, that I can work on it only for a couple of days per week, and for a couple of hours. This week, for instance, it happened that I saw the Borland regressions *after* my time expired (my timezone is in the way, too). I've integrated the new dyn_bitset_unit_test4 file in the Jamfile and fixed some errors of VACPP and gcc 3.4. Please, expect a correction time-frame of about 1/2 weeks. In the meantime, I hope to work on the documentation, which I can do from the office, during the launch break. I also wait for comments/suggestions, especially about the issues raised in http://lists.boost.org/MailArchives/boost/msg63220.php. Cheers, Genny. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover

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Serialization Formal Review #2 -- Review Period Closed
by Jeff Garland 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

The review period for the Serialization library is now over. Thanks to all the reviewers for their time in reviewing the library. Reviewers were unanimous in voting to accept the library. As a result, Serialization will be accepted into Boost. It will take me about a week to post a summary of the review comments and requested changes. And finally, thanks again to Robert for his unyielding effort to bring this library to Boost! Jeff

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[iterator + named params] includes #error
by Vladimir Prus 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

When I try to compile the following code: #include <boost/named_params.hpp> #include <boost/iterator/transform_iterator.hpp> I get: ghost@zigzag:/tmp$ g++ -I ~/Work/boost -I ~/Work/boost-sandbox np.cpp In file included from /home/ghost/Work/boost/boost/iterator/detail/enable_if.hpp:15, from /home/ghost/Work/boost/boost/iterator/transform_iterator.hpp:14, from np.cpp:3: /home/ghost/Work/boost/boost/iterator/detail/config_def.hpp:22:3: #error you have nested config_def #inclusion. I suspect that the attached patch might need to be applied, but since I don't understand 'config_def.hpp' I though I'd ask first. - Volodya

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[serialization, bind, vc7.1]
by Alexey Nikitin 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

Next example (only 2 lines) not compiled: ---- t120.cpp ----- #include <boost/bind.hpp> #include <boost/archive/text_iarchive.hpp> -------------------- D:\Alnik\cpp>cl /c /GX t120.cpp Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 13.10.3077 for 80x86 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1984-2002. All rights reserved. t120.cpp C:\Alnik\heap\boost\boost-dev\boost\mpl\less.hpp(39) : error C2760: syntax error : expected ',' not ';' C:\Alnik\heap\boost\boost-dev\boost\mpl\less.hpp(51) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::mpl::less<T1,T2>' being compiled C:\Alnik\heap\boost\boost-dev\boost\mpl\less.hpp(39) : error C2144: syntax error : 'const bool' should be preceded by '}' C:\Alnik\heap\boost\boost-dev\boost\mpl\less.hpp(39) : error C2062: type 'const bool' unexpected C:\Alnik\heap\boost\boost-dev\boost\mpl\less.hpp(39) : error C2238: unexpected token(s) preceding ';' C:\Alnik\heap\boost\boost-dev\boost\mpl\less.hpp(42) : error C2065: 'value' : undeclared identifier But if to rearrange lines then compiled. Is this the bug of compiler? Regards, Alexey.

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