April 2012 - Boost - lists.boost.org

[quickbook] controlling table of contents
by lcaminiti 14 Apr '12

14 Apr '12

Hello all, Is there a way for more fine control of QuickBook table of contents (toc)? Specifically, I'd like to: 1) Have a toc in the first page with only the sections (no subsections) listed. 2) Then, have a full toc on the second documentation page with all sections and subsections listed. I can use any rev of QuickBook for this. Thanks a lot. --Lorenzo -- View this message in context: http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/boost-quickbook-controlling-table-of-con… Sent from the Boost - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[typeof] registration question
by Cromwell Enage 14 Apr '12

14 Apr '12

Hi, folks! In emulation mode, given the following definition: template <typename Container> struct some_metafunction { typedef BOOST_TYPEOF_TPL( Container().insert( typename Container::iterator() , typename Container::value_type() ) ) type; }; Which of the following types need to be registered? 1. The argument passed as `Container` 2. The result of `typename Container::iterator` 3. The result of `typename Container::value_type`

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[preprocessor] badly formed constant expression on Sun
by lcaminiti 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

Hello all, A Boost.Functional/OverloadedFunction regression test gives the errors below on a Boost.Preprocessor line: # if (BOOST_PP_VALUE) / 1000000000UL == 0 # define BOOST_PP_SLOT_TEMP_10 0 # elif (BOOST_PP_VALUE) / 1000000000UL == 1 # define BOOST_PP_SLOT_TEMP_10 1 # elif (BOOST_PP_VALUE) / 1000000000UL == 2 # define BOOST_PP_SLOT_TEMP_10 2 # elif (BOOST_PP_VALUE) / 1000000000UL == 3 ... "/opt/sunstudio12.1/bin/CC" +d -library=stlport4 -features=tmplife -features=tmplrefstatic -library=stlport4 -g -erroff=%none -m64 -KPIC -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -I".." -c -o "/scratch2/kbelco/boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs/functional/overloaded_function/test/functor.test/sun-5.10/debug/address-model-64/stdlib-sun-stlport/functor.o" "../libs/functional/overloaded_function/test/functor.cpp" "../boost/preprocessor/slot/detail/shared.hpp", line 27: Error: Badly formed constant expression. "../boost/preprocessor/slot/detail/shared.hpp", line 29: Error: Badly formed constant expression. "../boost/preprocessor/slot/detail/shared.hpp", line 31: Error: Badly formed constant expression. ... http://www.boost.org/development/tests/trunk/developer/output/Sandia-sun-bo… Is (BOOST_PP_VALUE) / 1000000000UL not a valid constant expression on Sun 64-bits machines? I can't reproduce this error on my Sun C++ compiler installed on 32-bit Ubuntu Linux... so maybe this is about the actual Sun machine and not the Sun compiler... However, all Boost.Preprocessor tests pass on Sun... http://www.boost.org/development/tests/trunk/developer/preprocessor.html Any suggestion? Thanks a lot. --Lorenzo -- View this message in context: http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/boost-preprocessor-badly-formed-constant… Sent from the Boost - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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review request for boost.coroutine
by Oliver Kowalke 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

Hello John, hello Ronald, could you add boost.coroutine to the review queue please. boost.coroutine is a implementation of coroutines and generators using boost.context and providing an interface similiar to Giovannis coroutine library (unfortunately discontinued). code is available from gitorious : http://gitorious.org/boost-dev/boost-dev (branch coroutine) zip : http://gitorious.org/boost-dev/boost-dev/archive-tarball/coroutine documentation : <updated later - I'm searching for webspace > thanks an best regards, Oliver

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[test] Fixtures from file
by Alexander Arhipenko 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

Hi, I need to open fixture file (e.g. the one that contains initial data for testing) in a BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE. Could you please tell: * Whether it's possible? * If possible, than what is the most preferable way to do it? JFYI: We need to have something like python django fixtures. Some details: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/testing/?from=olddocs#django.t… Regards

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[lexical_cast] char types and UDTs
by Eric Niebler 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

Say I have a wide-character, user-defined, streamable type like boost::wssub_match from the regex library (or now std::wssub_match). It's basically a pair of wstring iterators. It's stream insertion operator is defined like this: template <class charT, class ST, class BiIter> basic_ostream<charT, ST>& operator<<(basic_ostream<charT, ST>& os, const sub_match<BiIter>& m) { return (os << m.str()); } If it's not obvious, it requires that the stream's character type is the same as the BiIter's value_type. If I were to try to use boost::lexical_cast to cast this to something, it won't work. That's because lexical_cast doesn't know about wssub_match, and so doesn't know that its character type should be wchar_t. Instead, it defaults to char for any unknown types, and doesn't give a way to override this. There is an internal trait, boost::detail::stream_char, that lexical_cast uses to determine what the character type of the source is (if any). It's specialized on only a fixed number of types. Since it's an implementation detail, it can't be used to extend the set of types. Also, I tried specializing it. In past versions of Boost that just worked, but it doesn't anymore. I think being able to extend lexical_cast to support types like (std|boost)::wssub_match is an essential feature. Thoughts on how to get there from here? -- Eric Niebler BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com

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[lockfree] tagged_ptr as a separate library
by Philipp Moeller 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

In the review of lockfree it has been suggested that tagged_ptr should make it into the public API of lockfree. Wouldn't it make sense to move it into a separate library entirely? It would possibly get more exposure and cross-platform ports. The technique itself also requires some extra documentation. And it might find it's way into a release earlier than lock-free itself. Philipp Moeller

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Refactoring a library for header-only or linked library?
by Paul A. Bristow 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

I am considering refactoring a (potential Boost) library separating declarations and definitions into two sets of files with the objective of reducing compilation times and allow it to be used as header-only or linking with a pre-built library. Is there is best/Boost way of doing this? Is there a Boost library that I should use as a model? ASIO? Should I call the definition files .cpp or .ipp? Should definition files go in libs/src or in boost/? How should I control the header-only/library switch? View and suggestions? Thanks Paul --- Paul A. Bristow, Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal LA8 8AB UK +44 1539 561830 07714330204 pbristow(a)hetp.u-net.com

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[test] Ticket #6624 (Add a BOOST_<level>_NE_COLLECTIONS testing tool)
by Daniel Trebbien 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

Hello, I have been unable to reach the current maintainer of Boost.Test regarding Ticket #6624: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6624 Would someone like to review my patch for this small enhancement and commit it? Daniel Trebbien

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[svn/git/hg] Support for modularization of Boost?
by Beman Dawes 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

As far as I can see, scaling Boost up to a much larger number of libraries implies decentralization and decoupling, probably in the form of per-library modules or something similar. Modularization seems to have been missed in the discussions of Subversion, Git, and Mercurial. Do distributed version control systems in general and Git in particular have any important advantages/disadvantages over svn for highly modularized projects? Please, let's not waste everyone's time with a rehash of general DCVS vs CCVS pros and cons. We have beat that to death. Let's focus this thread on modularization support, particularly as it applies to Boost. Thanks, --Beman

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