November 2015 - Boost - lists.boost.org

A GUI Library
by jinhao 09 Nov '17

09 Nov '17

Hi, all I am developing a GUI library, it takes aim at easy-to-use and portable library for modern C++ methods. The project at http://stdex.sourceforge.net A git repository at http://nanapro.codeplex.com A brief at http://nanaproject.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/preliminary-study-of-nana-c-lib… Is there any interest in this library? Regards Jinhao

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Re: [boost] Boost CRC maintainer (Daryle Walker) missing in action?
by Olaf van der Spek 19 Jun '17

19 Jun '17

Hi Daryle, Any luck on your new setup? Gr, Olaf On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 1:11 AM, Daryle Walker <darylew(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I can look at it once I've finished my new setup. > > I had to reset my computer after a partial crash years ago. I never > got around to recreating my programming setup. My computer had been > at its maximum Operating System level back then, which is now 3 > versions behind. For the past few months, I've had my sister's old > laptop, with Windows Vista, and am trying to add a programming setup > to it now. > > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Beman Dawes <bdawes(a)acm.org> wrote: >> Hi Daryle, >> >> This guy has volunteered to take over maintenance of Boost CRC. Should >> we take him up on his offer? > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: >> Date: Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 7:51 AM >> Subject: [boost] Boost CRC maintainer (Daryle Walker) missing in action? >> To: boost(a)lists.boost.org >> >> >> Hi, >> >> It looks like the Boost CRC maintainer (Daryle Walker) is missing in action? >> >> No response to tickets from the past 3 years. What's the procedure in this case? >> >> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2492 >> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/query?component=crc&col=id&col=summary&col… > > -- > Daryle Walker > Mac, Internet, and Video Game Junkie > darylew AT gmail DOT com -- Olaf

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[container] moving a pre-built vector into a flat_set
by Sam Kellett 12 Mar '17

12 Mar '17

a common problem i encounter is that i have two stage's w/r/t to a large collection of data: building and querying. vector is obviously the king of building. flat_set is the king of querying. so what i often tend to do is build up a very large vector, sort it then create a flat_set using the flat_set(ordered_unique_t) constructor. however this still copies the entire vector into the flat_set, right? what i would like to be able to do is move the vector straight into the flat_set, something like: std::vector<T> data; flat_set data_set1(std::move(data)) // move vector in and sort it // or: std::sort(data.begin(), data.end()); // sort vector flat_set data_set2(ordered_unique_t, std::move(data)) // and move it in is this doable (am i just being blind?) or is there plans/interest for this?

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bad include guards
by Steven Watanabe 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

AMDG The following pairs of files have identical include guards ./boost/concept_check/general.hpp ./boost/concept/detail/msvc.hpp ./boost/concept_check/msvc.hpp ./boost/concept/detail/msvc.hpp ./boost/filesystem/cerrno.hpp ./boost/cerrno.hpp ./boost/interprocess/containers/tree.hpp ./boost/interprocess/containers/detail/tree.hpp ./boost/mpl/min_max.hpp ./boost/mpl/max.hpp ./boost/mpl/vector/aux_/front.hpp ./boost/mpl/list/aux_/front.hpp ./boost/multi_index/identity_fwd.hpp ./boost/multi_index/identity.hpp ./boost/python/pointee.hpp ./boost/python/detail/pointee.hpp ./boost/spirit/phoenix/closures.hpp ./boost/lambda/closures.hpp ./boost/xpressive/proto/v1_/proto_typeof.hpp ./boost/xpressive/proto/proto_typeof.hpp ./libs/config/test/boost_no_dep_nested_class.ipp ./libs/config/test/boost_has_vc6_mem_templ.ipp ./libs/config/test/boost_no_mem_templates.ipp ./libs/config/test/boost_has_vc6_mem_templ.ipp ./libs/config/test/boost_no_std_allocator.ipp ./libs/config/test/boost_has_vc6_mem_templ.ipp ./libs/conversion/test.hpp ./libs/any/test.hpp ./libs/interprocess/example/print_container.hpp ./libs/interprocess/example/printcontainer.hpp ./libs/interprocess/test/expand_bwd_test_template.hpp ./libs/interprocess/test/allocation_test_template.hpp ./libs/interprocess/test/printcontainer.hpp ./libs/interprocess/example/printcontainer.hpp ./libs/interprocess/test/print_container.hpp ./libs/interprocess/example/printcontainer.hpp ./libs/iostreams/test/detail/utf8_codecvt_facet.hpp ./boost/detail/utf8_codecvt_facet.hpp ./libs/regex/test/regress/test_regex_search.hpp ./libs/regex/test/regress/test_partial_match.hpp ./libs/serialization/test/C.hpp ./libs/serialization/test/A.hpp ./libs/xpressive/perf/regex_comparison.hpp ./libs/regex/performance/regex_comparison.hpp ./tools/inspect/time_string.hpp ./tools/common/time_string.hpp In Christ, Steven Watanabe

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[config] RFC PR 82
by Domagoj Saric 01 Aug '16

01 Aug '16

Hi everyone, I am finally getting back to (trying to) contributing some of my personal projects to Boost. For two of those, Err (https://github.com/psiha/err) and especially Functonoid (a C++11 generalization and rewrite of my previous Boost.Function related work) I need some lower level codegen and/or optimiser control functionality (i.e. portable macros wrapping toolset specific attributes and pragmas) that I've added to my personal fork of Boost.Config and which I've now submitted in the subject PR (https://github.com/boostorg/config/pull/82) I don't expect this PR to be accepted as is/'just like that' so I'm opening this thread where we can discuss which of those changes/macros are welcome, which need more work and which, for some reason, should not be part of Boost.Config (and which, in turn then, I have to move to some 'internal implementation headers' in libraries that will need them). To avoid 'spamming' (and save time;) I'll skip the explanation of the individual macros as I expect them to mostly be self-explanatory (if not from their name then from the minimal Boost.Config documentation additions that are part of th PR). ps. I'll be on the (off) road for the next three weeks so I don't know when I'll be able to respond until I get back... -- "What Huxley teaches is that in the age of advanced technology, spiritual devastation is more likely to come from an enemy with a smiling face than from one whose countenance exudes suspicion and hate." Neil Postman

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[Fit] pipable order of the arguments
by Vicente J. Botet Escriba 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

Hi, I would like to know what other think about the order of the pipe (See this issue https://github.com/pfultz2/Fit/issues/5) What would be the expected meaning of auto r1 =1 | pipable(f)(2); f(1,2) or f(2,1)? What would be the expected meaning of auto f2 = partial(f)(2); auto r1 =1 | pipable(f2); f(1,2) or f(2,1)? As the operator| has left-to-right associativity, we can not do auto x = 1 | 2 | pipable(f); We would need a way to pack the parameters auto x = forward_as_tuple(1, 2) | pipable(f); but this wouldn't compile as f has two parameters. or use parenthesis auto x = 1 | (2 | pipable(f)); and the result will be f(2, 1). Any ideas? Best, Vicente Vicente

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[regression] Winapi submodule tests missing
by Andrey Semashev 13 Feb '16

13 Feb '16

Hi, The winapi submodule tests are missing from the test matrix, although the status/Jamfile.v2 lists it. This is both on develop and master. Is there something I should do to make the tests appear?

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[err] RFC
by Domagoj Saric 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

https://github.com/psiha/err README.md copy-paste: --------------------------------------------- err - yet another take on C++ error handling. We have throw and std::error_code, what more could one possibly want? --------------------------------------------- std::error_code&co tried to solve or at least alleviate the problem of overhead of using exceptions (in terms of both source code verbosity and binary code size&speed) with functions which need to report failures that need not be 'exceptional' depending on the context of the call (thereby requiring try-catch blocks that convert exceptions to 'result codes'). Unfortunately, the way it was finally implemented, std::error_code did not quite accomplish what it set out to do: • in terms of runtime efficiency: 'manual'/explicit EH (try-catch blocks) is no longer needed but the compiler still has to insert hidden EH as it has to treat the functions in question as still possibly throwing (in fact the implementation/codegen of functions which use std::error_code for error reporting becomes even fatter because it has to contain both return-on-error paths and handle exceptions) • in terms of source code verbosity: again, try-catch blocks are gone but separate error_code objects have to be declared and passed to the desired function. Enter boost::err: 'result objects' (as opposed to just result or error codes) which can be examined and branched upon (like with traditional result codes) or left unexamined to self-throw if they contain a failure result (i.e. unlike traditional result codes, they cannot be accidentally ignored). Thanks to latest C++ language features (such as r-value member function overloads) incorrect usage (that could otherwise for example lead to a result object destructor throwing during a stack-unwind) can be disallowed/detected at compile time. Discussions where the concept (or a similar one) was first concieved of and/or so far discussed: • http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/system-filesystem-v3-Question-about-erro… • http://cpptips.com/fallible • https://github.com/ptal/std-expected-proposal • https://github.com/ptal/expected • https://github.com/adityaramesh/ccbase/blob/master/include/ccbase/error/exp… • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14923346/how-would-you-use-alexandrescus… • https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/BestPracticeHandbook#a8.DESIGN:Strong… • http://2013.cppnow.org/session/non-allocating-stdfuturepromise **************************************************************** For starter's, to reduce the length of the first post, I'll assume that everyone as at least somewhat familiar with similar/related proposals from Andrei Alexandrescu (std::expected) and Niall Douglas (std::monad) to which I gave links above. What, primarily, makes (Boost.)Err different from other proposals is the ability to (using latest C++ features) detect/distinguish between temporaries and 'saved' return values by using two different class templates (result wrappers), fallible_result (for rvalues) and result_or_error (for lvalues) and thus minimise or often completely eliminate any extra verbosity: If we had a function foo() that produces bar_t objects but can fail with an err_t, up till now we had two options: * bar_t foo() throw( err_t ); * optional<bar_t> foo( err_t & ); Err enables the library writer to write a single API and a single implementation: err::fallible_result<bar_t, err_t> foo(); where fallible_result is the class template that wraps temporaries/rvalues returned from functions and its member functions are all declared with && (i.e. callable only on rvalues) so you get a compiler error if you save it to an auto value and try to do anything with it. The two exceptions are the implicit conversion operators to: - bar_t, which will either return bar_t or throw err_t and which is used for the 'EH code path' bar_t my_bar( foo() ); - err::result_or_error<bar_t, err_t> which is used for the 'oldsk00l nothrow error code path' err::result_or_error<bar_t, err_t> maybe_bar( foo ); if ( maybe_bar ) { print( *maybe_bar ); } else { log( maybe_bar.error() ); } Also, if the fallible_result rvalue is left uninspected and contains an error its destructor will throw (which AFAICT should be safe considering it is an rvalue and no other exception can possibly be active at the same time) - this makes code that uses Err enabled libraries/APIs but relies on EH almost indistinguishable from 'classic EH' APIs (almost because the one difference that remains is with the immediate use of the return value: because of the wrapper class one can no longer write foo().do_something() but has to implicitly use the -> operator and write foo()->do_something() where the -> operator will check-and-throw if foo() did not succeed). To wrap up, this approach gives the user the immediate and fine grained control over which error handling mechanism he/she wants to use while allowing the developer to write a single API and implementation - AFAICT it is a no brainer replacement for <system_error>, it is less verbose and much more efficient ;-) ps. the small library @ https://github.com/psiha/err is by no means a finished product, it contains no tests or documentation but 'it works' (i.e. it is used in the, also upcoming, https://github.com/psiha/mmap)...I'm bringing it to public view for scrutiny, discussion and guidance lest I steer in the wrong direction ;) -- "What Huxley teaches is that in the age of advanced technology, spiritual devastation is more likely to come from an enemy with a smiling face than from one whose countenance exudes suspicion and hate." Neil Postman

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Problems building Boost libraries for Windows Store when C++/CX is involved
by Mikael Olenfalk 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

Hi, I am working on porting the boost libraries we depend on to winrt, most porting is rather straightforward (basically switch from win32 apis which are 20 years old to apis which are 15 years old :D ). However I have hit a bit of a problem when compiling Boost.Log. Boost.Log depends on Boost.Asio which uses C++/CX to call some of the newer Store APIs (Windows::Networking and friends). When I build I get these errors: compile-c-c++ ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\log\build\msvc-14.0\debug\log-api-winnt\threading-multi\windows-api-store\dump_ssse3.obj dump_ssse3.cpp ..\..\..\libs\log\src\dump_ssse3.cpp: fatal error C1107: could not find assembly 'platform.winmd': please specify the assembly search path using /AI or by setting the LIBPATH environment variable call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86 store >nul cl /Zm800 /ZW /EHsc -nologo @"..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\log\build\msvc-14.0\debug\log-api-winnt\threading-multi\windows-api-store\dump_ssse3.obj.rsp" (As you can see I have monkey-patched msvc.jam to append the "store" argument to vcvarsall.bat - to no avail :( -- the monkey-patch is here if you want to look at it: https://github.com/mauve/build/commits/universal-windows-boost-1.59.0 ) The @response file looks like this: "..\..\..\libs\log\src\dump_ssse3.cpp" -Fo"..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\log\build\msvc-14.0\debug\log-api-winnt\threading-multi\windows-api-store\dump_ssse3.obj" -TP /Z7 /Od /Ob0 /W3 /GR /MDd /Zc:forScope /Zc:wchar_t /wd4675 /EHs /arch:SSE2 /bigobj /wd4003 /wd4456 /wd4459 /wd4503 -c -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -DBOOST_CHRONO_DYN_LINK=1 -DBOOST_DATE_TIME_DYN_LINK=1 -DBOOST_FILESYSTEM_DYN_LINK=1 -DBOOST_LOG_BUILDING_THE_LIB=1 -DBOOST_LOG_DLL -DBOOST_SPIRIT_USE_PHOENIX_V3=1 -DBOOST_SYSTEM_DYN_LINK=1 -DBOOST_SYSTEM_NO_DEPRECATED -DBOOST_THREAD_BUILD_DLL=1 -DBOOST_THREAD_DONT_USE_CHRONO=1 -DBOOST_THREAD_USE_DLL=1 -DDATE_TIME_INLINE -DWINAPI_FAMILY=WINAPI_FAMILY_APP -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS -D_SCL_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0603 "-I..\..\.." Regards, Mikael

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[multiprecision] uses boost::math::gcd without including the header
by Peter Dimov 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

include/boost/multiprecision/cpp_int/misc.hpp uses boost::math::gcd (and lcm), but does not include common_factor_rt.hpp.

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Status of the CMake-ification
by Louis Dionne 02 Jan '16

02 Jan '16

Dear Boost, I'd like to inquire about the status of the CMake-ification of Boost that had been started a while ago. AFAICT, the effort is completely stopped now; is this correct? Also, I'd like to poll the community to gauge interest in the rebirth of such an effort. __I'm not proposing myself to work on such a rebirth__, but I'm just curious to know what the community thinks about it. I, for one, would love to see it happen. Regards, Louis -- View this message in context: http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/Status-of-the-CMake-ification-tp4681599.… Sent from the Boost - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[smart_ptr] Moving cast for unique_ptr
by Karolin Varner 21 Dec '15

21 Dec '15

Hi all! There is the family of boost pointer cast (boost::static_pointer_cast, boost::dynamic_pointer_cast, ...) that allow a developer to write generic code by casting pointers regardless of whether they are some smart pointer (e.g. shared_ptr) or plain pointers. However, those functions have not been implemented for unique_ptr, because they create a copy of their pointer and unique_pointers can not be copied. In my case I still needed to cast some unique_ptr and since it's ok to move unique_ptrs I wrote a function that does exactly that. The code is below – Comments are very, very welcome. It works for my case, but I am sure it is not as generic and safe as it should be ;) . Specifically, for a library, it should be made to work on any kind of smart/plain pointer. Not just unique_ptr. Is there any interest to include a boost::static_moving_pointer_cast and the other types of casts in boost? Best, Karolin /// Dynamic cast a unique_ptr. /// /// This function shall move the pointer in in_ptr, into /// a new unique_pointer of the desire type, dynamic_casting /// it in the process. /// In given pointer shall contain a NULL pointer afterwards. /// /// If unsuccessful, function shall throw an error and leave /// in_ptr unmodified. /// /// This behaviour contrasts a bit with the behaviour of the /// normal dynamic_cast: /// 1. dynamic_cast copies objects, this moves them since /// unique_pointers can not be copied. /// 2. dynamic_cast returns a NULL pointer if the pointer to /// cast is of an incomplete type, this throws /// incomplete_cast instead, to ease error handling. /// /// @tparam T The type to convert to (as non-pointer) /// @tparam F The type to convert from (as non-pointer) /// @param in_ptr The unique_ptr to cast /// @return in_ptr, cast to the desired type template<typename T, typename F> std::unique_ptr<T> dynamic_moving_pointer_cast(std::unique_ptr<F> &in_ptr) { // Exception safety: If The dynamic cast throws an error, // or of we throw incomplete_cast, in_ptr will still be // unmodified T *plain_out_ptr = dynamic_cast<F*>(in_ptr.get()); if (plain_out_ptr == NULL && in_ptr.get() != NULL) throw incomplete_cast(); // Exception safety: Both operations are noexcept in_ptr.release(); return std::unique_ptr<T>(plain_out_ptr); }

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[variant] Opinion on boost::safe_get<> and default boost::get<> behavior
by Antony Polukhin 18 Dec '15

18 Dec '15

Hi all, I'm in doubt and would like to hear opinions on the following issue. boost::get for boost::variant was not making any compile time checks, resulting in runtime errors where a compile time error must be: boost::variant<int, string> v(100); boost::get<bool>(&v); // returns NULL instead of compile time error boost::get<bool>(v); // throws exception on runtime instead of compile time error Now we have an implementation of compile time checked get in a separate branch at git: boost::variant<int, string> v(100); boost::safe_get<bool>(&v); // compile time error boost::safe_get<bool>(v); // compile time error boost::unsafe_get<bool>(&v); // returns NULL instead of compile time error boost::unsafe_get<bool>(v); // throws exception on runtime instead of compile time error I'm in doubt, what the default behavior of boost::get must be: * safe_get behavior is much closer to Standard Library behavior (just like std::get for tuples) and allows to avoid errors in user code * unsafe_get behavior is same as behavior of old boost::get and won't break user's code if boost::get is used in some generic contexs What's your opinion? -- Best regards, Antony Polukhin

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[LOG] formatting_ostream API change
by Andrew Hundt 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

I had the following code, which worked in 1.58: #include <boost/log/trivial.hpp> #include <boost/exception/all.hpp> #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp> /// @todo move elsewhere, because it will conflict with others' implementations of outputting vectors template<typename T> inline boost::log::formatting_ostream& operator<<(boost::log:: formatting_ostream& out, std::vector<T>& v) { out << "["; size_t last = v.size() - 1; for(size_t i = 0; i < v.size(); ++i) { out << v[i]; if (i != last) out << ", "; } out << "]"; return out; } I used it to output a std::vector<float> as follows: BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(trace) << “Real joint angles from FRI: " << realJointPosition << "\n"; However this now seems to fail in 1.59. I’ve created a github gist with the compiler output <https://gist.github.com/ahundt/5869dbd09e889b7153c3> in case that’s helpful as well. I see that the update recently had some breaking changes, what is the new way to provide the desired functionality? Thanks for your help. Cheers! Andrew Hundt

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interest in an asynchronous linear algebra library?
by Oswin Krause 07 Dec '15

07 Dec '15

Hi list, Disclaimer: What I am proposing here does not exist (yet). But it will in the near future and if there is interest i would like to give something back to the boost community. I would like to propose a new library to boost: asynchronous blas. What is it and what can I do with it? It is a linear algebra library where all computations are carried out in an asynchronous manner on GPU and CPU. Computing a matrix-matrix product does not block the current thread but instead launches a task which at some point returns with a result, allowing the main thread to continue until the result is needed. GPU and CPU tasks can be started at the same time depending on each other (e.g. a CPU computation waits until the GPU returned some needed result and vice-versa) Why is this important? Which problems does it solve? Many linear algebra libraries are target towards either a) solving a few large linear algebra problems b) solving many small similar problems This library is targeted towards the middle ground: a medium amount of decently sized problems. Here the problem is that it is often hard to use all the computing resources available as a single problem will not exhaust the device resources and there is no easy way to launch several similar tasks in parallel. This problem occurs often in GPU computing where out-of-order execution of kernels is used to fill up the device. Similarly, it is often hard to make CPU and GPU work together as GPU tasks are asynchronous while CPU tasks are often synchronous and it is not straight forward to couple both without blocking either CPU or GPU. How does it work? Expression templates similar to boost::ublas are used to create a dependency graph: which object is used in which computations and which tasks have to wait to ensure a correct outcome? a simple case would be two independent computations like matrix A=prod(B,trans(B)); matrix C=prod(trans(B),B); a normal library like ublas would wait until A is computed before C is evaluated. Instead, it can be more efficient to just add the two tasks to a list and let worker threads execute them as soon as resources are available. First the computation of A is put into the graph and A is marked as "being written to" while B is marked as "being read". When C is added to the list, it does not depend on the first computation as several tasks can read from B at the same time. So another worker thread can grab the task and execute it. If we now add the task B += prod(D,prod(C,trans(D)); the library computes it as matrix temp = prod(C,trans(D); B += prod(D,temp). temp can be computed as soon as C is computed. But B can only be computed after A and temp are computed as we can only write to B after all previous tasks using B are finished. Are you qualified? I am main contributor to https://github.com/Shark-ML/Shark/ and as part of it I forked ublas https://github.com/Shark-ML/Shark/tree/master/include/shark/LinAlg/BLAS which now uses several linear algebra libraries as possible backends (ATLAS, openBLAS...). What is the timeline? I would start developing a minimal example ASAP based on the rewrite of ublas above. I would use a minimum set of features (only dense square matrices) and basic GPU support. Opinions? Best, Oswin

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Boost 1.60.0 beta 1 Release Candidate 2 available for testing
by Marshall Clow 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

Release candidate files for 1.60.0 beta 1 are available at http://boost.cowic.de/rc/ As always, the release managers would appreciate it if you download the candidate of your choice and give building it a try. Please report both success and failure, and anything else that is noteworthy. This helps ensure the candidates build OK before we push them out to SourceForge. Changes since rc1: * Boost.Sprit has been updated and Boost.Log now builds. * Boost.Math has been updated and now builds. Known issues: * Errors when building libraries for visual studio: test and type_erasure. * Boost.Test fails when building on Darwin with gcc 4.9.2 The files (and associated md5s) are: MD5 (boost_1_60_0_b1_rc2.7z) = dd38daa9378a6002fc12da0cab695511 MD5 (boost_1_60_0_b1_rc2.tar.bz2) = f3c9ffc14db3b2e55c7c5c703e69883d MD5 (boost_1_60_0_b1_rc2.tar.gz) = 89365262443cc16990b69f8e4b8b47ab MD5 (boost_1_60_0_b1_rc2.zip) = 3389bd4595a989fe95966440cbe45ca9 Thanks! -- The release managers

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compilation errors with ublas / cppad
by Peter Caspers 30 Nov '15

30 Nov '15

Hi, I think this has been asked before, but since I am not aware of any answer, I would like to bring up the topic again: When using CppAD::AD<double> with boost ublas, certain compilation errors show up. I attach a small example (ublas_cppad.cpp) and the (start of the) error messages I get (compilation_errors.txt, produced with boost 1.59.0, g++ 4.9.3, CppAD-20151124). The problem is in matrix_assign.hpp; when changing template<class E1, class E2, class S> BOOST_UBLAS_INLINE bool equals (const matrix_expression<E1> &e1, const matrix_expression<E2> &e2, S epsilon, S min_norm) { return norm_inf (e1 - e2) < epsilon * std::max<S> (std::max<S> (norm_inf (e1), norm_inf (e2)), min_norm); } to template<class E1, class E2, class S> BOOST_UBLAS_INLINE bool equals (const matrix_expression<E1> &e1, const matrix_expression<E2> &e2, S epsilon, S min_norm) { S tmp = norm_inf (e1 - e2); return tmp < epsilon * std::max<S> (std::max<S> (norm_inf (e1), norm_inf (e2)), min_norm); } the example code compiles without errors. Can someone point out, how this should be fixed (either on boost or CppAD side)? In general, are there requirements for a type T to cooperate with ublas matrices one should be aware of? Thank you Peter

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Is master branch open for bug fixes?
by Vicente J. Botet Escriba 30 Nov '15

30 Nov '15

Hi, the calendar says that master branch is open for bug fixes, but not mail has been sent to to notify it. Could some release manager confirm that? Best, Vicente

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[program_options] empty string argument
by Benedek Thaler 30 Nov '15

30 Nov '15

Hi, I have the exact same problem: http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/ProgramOptions-explicit-empty-string-arg… --compression '' gave me a specified, empty compression switch value, as expected, on boost 1.58. However, on 1.59, the empty string counts against the positional arguments, and causes regressions. Also, --compression='' gives: The argument for option '--compression' should follow immediately after the equal sign. What is the recommended workaround? Is it planned to be fixed/changed? Thanks, Benedek

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[Boost.LLVM] Synopsis now available
by Andy Jost 29 Nov '15

29 Nov '15

I've created a new GitHub repository for this project and uploaded a synopsis of the proposed interface. I redesigned the interface, so it differs slightly from the prototype code and examples I gave before. Please take a look and provide feedback if you can! https://github.com/andyjost/Boost.LLVM/blob/master/boost_llvm.cpp -Andy

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Interest in an LLVM library?
by Andy Jost 26 Nov '15

26 Nov '15

Is there interest in an LLVM library? My motivation is to simplify the dynamic creation of functions, modules, and programs by defining an EDSL modeled after the C language. LLVM provides an API based exclusively on function calls that is verbose and difficult to use. The EDSL is more expressive and easier to use. (This may remind some people of Boost.Python and indeed these libraries are similar in motivation.) The scope of this proposal is limited. The proposed library does not compile, link, optimize, save, or load anything, for example, since the LLVM API is suitable for that. Also, it may not support obscure features, even if they seem to be within its purview, since one can always make direct calls to the LLVM API. I have written about 6500 lines of prototype code in the context of another project (a compiler for the language Curry, if anyone is interested). It is not a complete solution, but is by no means trivial, either. I'll discuss that next, but since the discussion is somewhat lengthy, let me first explain what I'm looking for by sending this. I think this EDSL would make a good Boost library. If others agree, then the next step is to review the design. I need second opinions and help from more knowledgeable people to improve the design. There are a few places in particular where I think a redesign is necessary. After that, I'm happy to implement the final library (and would gladly accept help, if anyone is interested). Now, I'll show a few examples and provide links to the prototype code. First, here's how to create a module and put it in scope: module const example_module("example"); scope _ = example_module; The scope object sets the insertion point for types, functions, and global variables. We can create a type as follows: type i32 = int_(32); i32 is a 32-bit integer. It is easy to build more complex types, e.g., i32[2] is an array type, *i32 is a pointer type, and i32(i32,i32) is a function type. An expression like i32(42) produces a constexpr. As you might guess at this point, the prototype makes heavy use of SFINAE. I've gone to a lot of effort to make this work with everything I can think of, particularly multi-dimensional arrays and initializer_lists. So, an expression like (i32[3][2])({{1,2,3},{4,5,6}}) works! (Note: i32[3][2] is the C++ type int32_t[2][3] because that's the only sensible way to interpret successive calls to operator[]). We can create a struct from a sequence of types like this: type foo = struct_("foo", {i32, *i32}); Or, we can leave out the sequence to get an opaque struct. A function prototype can be created as follows: function const f = extern_(i32(i32), "f", {"i"}); This function, f, takes an i32 (named "i") and returns an i32. The function is placed in example_module, since the code appears in its scope. There are two other linkage-specifying functions: static_ and inline_. extern_ and static_ are also used to create global variables (i.e., if the type is not a function). To define the body, we create another scope: { scope _ = f; // code for f. } To understand this, we have to discuss scopes in more depth. There are three nested levels of scope: the current module, the current function, and the current basic block. The code above sets the current function to f and the current basic block to f's entry point. Generally speaking, within a function body we write statements that generate instructions. Those instructions are inserted into the current function at the end of the current basic block. To define the body, we can declare values and operate on them. For example: value i = arg("i"); Here, "arg" is a special function that fetches the named function parameter. We can add instructions to f using operators or special methods. For example: value j = i + 1; return_(j); Branches manipulate the current basic block. Here's an if statement: label true_path, false_path; if_(i, true_path, false_path); { scope _ = true_path; // code for true. } /* else */ { scope _ = false_path; // code for false. } // new basic block here. This generates instructions to test i, take the appropriate branch, and then continue to a new basic block in the right places (which depends on whether the paths terminate with a branch instruction). It also updates the scope so that statements following if_() are inserted into the new basic block. Believe me when I say it is not trivial to do this with the LLVM API. Although it is sometimes necessary to pre-declare labels as shown above, we can usually employ C++11 lambdas to simplify the encoding: if_(i , []{ /* code for true */} , []{ /* code for false */ } ); The prototype code can be found under https://github.com/andyjost/Sprite-3/tree/master/include/sprite/backend. Also, there are many examples under https://github.com/andyjost/Sprite-3/tree/master/examples. Other parts of the Sprite-3 project are unrelated to this proposal. A good example to start with generates the Fibonacci numbers (https://github.com/andyjost/Sprite-3/blob/master/examples/fib.cpp) Here's the interesting part: // Create a new module and associate it with this lexical scope. module const fib_module("fib"); scope _ = fib_module; // Declare types. auto const char_ = types::char_(); auto const i32 = types::int_(32); auto const i64 = types::int_(64); // Declare external functions. auto const printf = extern_(i32(*char_, dots), "printf"); // Define the @fib function. auto const fib = extern_(i64(i64), "fib", {"n"}); { scope _ = fib; value n = arg("n"); if_(n <(signed_) (2), []{return_(1);}); return_(fib(n-2) + fib(n-1)); } // Define the @main function. auto const main = extern_(i32(), "main"); { scope _ = main; value const x = fib(5); printf("fib(5)=%d\n", x); return_(0); } After this code runs, fib_module contains an intermediate representation of the program. The LLVM API can be used to save that to disk, compile it to assembly, link in the C library (to get printf), or JIT compile any of the functions, among other things. Thanks to everyone who made it this far :) I'm looking forward to your feedback. -Andy

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[trippels-ppc64le][math] Missing quadmath.h errors
by Andrey Semashev 24 Nov '15

24 Nov '15

Hi, I'm seeing some test failures on the trippels-powerpc64le-gcc-6.0 tester that amount to Boost.Math failing to build because the quadmath.h header is missing. http://www.boost.org/development/tests/develop/developer/output/trippels-po… I understand that gcc 6.0 is an unreleased compiler, but the error is probably not a consequence of a compiler bug. Besides, another tester, Flast-FreeBSD10-gcc-6.0.0~gnu++11, passes. Is it possible that the header is not provided for powerpc64le? Or is an optional dependency whose presence is misdetected? Is this a known problem?

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[teeks99][test] Test failures on MSVC 8-11
by Andrey Semashev 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

Hi, I'm seeing massive Boost.Log test failures on teeks99 with MSVC versions 8 through 11. The links to the failure messages lead to Boost.Test but the console output is not helpful (shows a successful compilation of a source file [1]). I can see Boost.Test tests are also failing massively on these compilers. Could this be fixed? [1]: http://www.boost.org/development/tests/develop/developer/output/ teeks99-08d-win2012R2-64on64-boost-bin-v2-libs-log-test-attr_attribute_set- test-msvc-11-0-dbg-adrs-mdl-64-thrd-mlt.html

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[Config] boost::uint32_t != std::uint32_t on some targets
by Louis Dionne 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

Dear Boost, I recently fell into a trap where a program wouldn't compile because of a difference between `boost::uint32_t` and `std::uint32_t`. Specifically, I was trying to cross-compile from OS X to ARM, and the following program wouldn't compile #include <boost/cstdint.hpp> #include <cstdint> #include <type_traits> static_assert(std::is_same<std::uint32_t, boost::uint32_t>::value, ""); int main() { } I was building with arm-none-eabi-g++ -I /path/to/boost -std=c++11 -c main.cpp I have asked a question on StackOverflow [1], and I now understand why the two types are not required to be the same. However, I think it is a QOI issue that those two types are not the same, since it makes interoperating between `std::uint32_t` and `boost::uin32_t` more difficult. Is there a reason for this difference, and if not would it be reasonable to ensure that `boost::uint32_t == std::uint32_t` whenever the latter is defined, i.e. in C++11 and above? Regards, Louis [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/q/33857554/627587

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build and install boost subset does not install the header files
by George Georgiev 22 Nov '15

22 Nov '15

Hi, I am trying to use github boost to obtain a subset of the libraries. I found that using the following subset of modules allows me to build boost_system. git submodule update --init tools/build || exit 1 git submodule update --init tools/inspect || exit 1 git submodule update --init libs/assert || exit 1 git submodule update --init libs/config || exit 1 git submodule update --init libs/core || exit 1 git submodule update --init libs/predef || exit 1 git submodule update --init libs/system || exit 1 git submodule update --init libs/utility || exit 1 The problem is that ./b2 ... install does not copy the header files. Is this a bug that I am hitting? My commands are: ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=../../boost --includedir=../../boost/include || exit 1 PATH=$CLANGBIN:$PATH \ ./b2 \ toolset=clang \ cxxflags="-std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++ -isystem/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.7.sdk/usr/include" \ linkflags="-stdlib=libc++" \ install threading=multi link=static Thanks, -g

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[type_traits] Is_nothrow_move_constructible fails on mngw
by Andrzej Krzemienski 21 Nov '15

21 Nov '15

Hi, It looks like is_nothrow_move_constructible (in branch develop, on testers igaztanaga-gcc-4.6c++11 and igaztanaga-gcc-4.7c++11) fails the compilation rather than returning a true-false answer. <http://www.boost.org/development/tests/develop/igaztanaga-gcc-4-7c++11.html>I filed a ticket for it: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/11811 Reards, &rzej

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[thread] Boost threading on VMware ESXi
by Fu ji 20 Nov '15

20 Nov '15

Hello, Is there anyone who try to use boost threading on ESXi (posix like system from VMware) or try to port it? Best regards, Damian

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Re: [boost] boost log memory leak? Maybe it is my wrong.
by Jefferyliangmh 16 Nov '15

16 Nov '15

Many thanks andrey.semashev's reply. I send my demo application codes in BoostDemo.rar file. "logger" is my wrapped module by win32 dll. "BoostDemo" is my MFC test application, call logger code written in CMainFrame::CMainFrame() fuction, like this : AppLogger::log("this is test message"). Memory leak display in output windows when compiled BoostDemo application. 2015-11-16 2015-11-16 Jefferyliangmh 发件人：boost-request(a)lists.boost.org 发送时间：2015-11-16 01:00 主题：Boost Digest, Vol 4908, Issue 1 收件人："boost"<boost(a)lists.boost.org> 抄送： Send Boost mailing list submissions to boost(a)lists.boost.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to boost-request(a)lists.boost.org You can reach the person managing the list at boost-owner(a)lists.boost.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Boost digest..." The boost archives may be found at: http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/ Today's Topics: 1. boost log memory leak? Maybe it is my wrong. (=?UTF-8?B?5qKB5piO6L6J?=) 2. Re: boost log memory leak? Maybe it is my wrong. (Andrey Semashev) 3. Re: checking __INTEL_COMPILER == 9999 (Blower, Melanie) 4. Re: checking __INTEL_COMPILER == 9999 (Edward Diener) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 19:31:28 +0800 From: "=?UTF-8?B?5qKB5piO6L6J?="<liang_mh(a)163.com> To: "boost"<boost(a)lists.boost.org> Subject: [boost] boost log memory leak? Maybe it is my wrong. Message-ID: <220730f2.126658.15105c3ab0c.Coremail.liang_mh(a)163.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Way I want to use win32 dynamic link library encapsulates the boost.log, the wrapper DLL in MFC MSVC 2015 calls, memory leak in output window prompt; The same library in a console program calls, no such problems. I am very depressed. Who can help me? 2015-11-14 ??? ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 00:05:28 +0300 From: Andrey Semashev <andrey.semashev(a)gmail.com> To: "boost(a)lists.boost.org" <boost(a)lists.boost.org> Subject: Re: [boost] boost log memory leak? Maybe it is my wrong. Message-ID: <CAEhD+6BH=Lnw1ghLwOVarXbYGDBqoNygzcWnML+TtU7mVbB1zQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 2:31 PM, ??? <liang_mh(a)163.com> wrote: > Way I want to use win32 dynamic link library encapsulates the boost.log, the wrapper DLL in MFC MSVC 2015 calls, memory leak in output window prompt; The same library in a console program calls, no such problems. > I am very depressed. Who can help me? If you work with Boost.Log the same way in both cases then it's likely a problem in your code and not the library. Otherwise I can't help without a minimal working code sample. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 13:05:27 +0000 From: "Blower, Melanie" <melanie.blower(a)intel.com> To: "boost(a)lists.boost.org" <boost(a)lists.boost.org> Subject: Re: [boost] checking __INTEL_COMPILER == 9999 Message-ID: <B3584E72CFEBED439A3ECA9BCE67A4EF40258FCC(a)fmsmsx116.amr.corp.intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Thanks for all your suggestions and replies, I will work it on the Intel side. To Edward, at the bottom of my first message there's info about one of the failure modes. --Melanie ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 10:43:25 -0500 From: Edward Diener <eldiener(a)tropicsoft.com> To: boost(a)lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] checking __INTEL_COMPILER == 9999 Message-ID: <n2a971$msb$1(a)ger.gmane.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed On 11/15/2015 8:05 AM, Blower, Melanie wrote: > Thanks for all your suggestions and replies, I will work it on the Intel side. To Edward, at the bottom of my first message there's info about one of the failure modes. Thanks, I see that now. ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost ------------------------------ End of Boost Digest, Vol 4908, Issue 1 **************************************

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checking __INTEL_COMPILER == 9999
by Blower, Melanie 15 Nov '15

15 Nov '15

A few years ago, circa 2010, the Intel 12.x compiler was released without having a correct value for the macro __INTEL_COMPILER. It was released using the development-only version number 9999 instead of the correct value 12xx. Later on, an Intel 12.x compiler was updated to remove this problem and the version number made correct. Meanwhile, since boost needed to add some workarounds, there was code added in a couple of boost files to check for version 9999. The check for 9999 in boost causes trouble in our current development compiler in-house testing. Is it possible to have this version checking removed from the boost sources? There's no advantage to boost users, and possibly a disadvantage if someone is still using a not-updated 12.x compiler. But hopefully that is unlikely, we're currently shipping our 16.x compiler. Here's the diff, diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp index 7789b94..bbbf876 100644 --- a/include/boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp +++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp @@ -47,11 +47,7 @@ #undef BOOST_COMPILER #if defined(__INTEL_COMPILER) -#if __INTEL_COMPILER == 9999 -# define BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION 1200 // Intel bug in 12.1. -#else # define BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION __INTEL_COMPILER -#endif #elif defined(__ICL) # define BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION __ICL #elif defined(__ICC) @@ -93,11 +89,7 @@ #include "boost/config/compiler/common_edg.hpp" #if defined(__INTEL_COMPILER) -#if __INTEL_COMPILER == 9999 -# define BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION 1200 // Intel bug in 12.1. -#else # define BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION __INTEL_COMPILER -#endif #elif defined(__ICL) # define BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION __ICL #elif defined(__ICC) @@ -289,7 +281,7 @@ template<> struct assert_intrinsic_wchar_t<unsigned short> {}; // (Niels Dekker, LKEB, May 2010) // Apparently Intel 12.1 (compiler version number 9999 !!) has the same issue (compiler regression). #if defined(__INTEL_COMPILER) -# if (__INTEL_COMPILER <= 1110) || (__INTEL_COMPILER == 9999) || (defined(_WIN32) && (__INTEL_COMPILER < 1600)) +# if (__INTEL_COMPILER <= 1110) || (__INTEL_COMPILER == 1210) || (defined(_WIN32) && (__INTEL_COMPILER < 1600)) # define BOOST_NO_COMPLETE_VALUE_INITIALIZATION # endif #endif Here's the other checking for 9999 that I found. Not known to cause a problem. diff --git a/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_format.hpp b/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_format.hpp index e9006a7..bf2e552 100644 --- a/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_format.hpp +++ b/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_format.hpp @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ private: } inline int toi(ForwardIter& i, ForwardIter j, int base) { -#if defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(__INTEL_COMPILER) && ((__INTEL_COMPILER == 9999) || (__INTEL_COMPILER == 1210)) +#if defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(__INTEL_COMPILER) && (__INTEL_COMPILER == 1210) // Workaround for Intel support issue #656654. // See also https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6359 return toi(i, j, base, mpl::false_()); The intel.hpp check for 9999 causes this problem, among others, float128 tests from (boost_multiprecision suite) fail due to workaround in intel.hpp fo 12.1 compiler that was released with __INTEL_COMPILER == 9999 Fails like this: $ "icpc" -c -xc++ -O0 -w1 -inline-level=0 -fPIC -m64 -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -DSLOW_COMPILER -DTEST_FLOAT128 -I"../../.." -I"../include" -c -o "../../../bin.v2/libs/multiprecision/test/test_tanh_float128.test/intl-lnx/dbg/dbg-symbl-\ off/test_tanh.o" "test_tanh.cpp" In file included from test_tanh.cpp(53): ../../../boost/multiprecision/float128.hpp(48): error: identifier "_Quad" is undefined typedef _Quad float128_type; ^ Thanks and regards, Melanie Blower

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boost log memory leak? Maybe it is my wrong.
by 梁明辉 14 Nov '15

14 Nov '15

Way I want to use win32 dynamic link library encapsulates the boost.log, the wrapper DLL in MFC MSVC 2015 calls, memory leak in output window prompt; The same library in a console program calls, no such problems. I am very depressed. Who can help me? 2015-11-14 梁明辉

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Boost 1.60.0 beta 1 Release Candidate 3 available for testing
by Marshall Clow 14 Nov '15

14 Nov '15

Release candidate files for 1.60.0 beta 3 are available at http://boost.cowic.de/rc/ As always, the release managers would appreciate it if you download the candidate of your choice and give building it a try. Please report both success and failure, and anything else that is noteworthy. This helps ensure the candidates build OK before we push them out to SourceForge. Changes since rc1: * Boost.Sprit has been updated and Boost.Log now builds. * Boost.Math has been updated and now builds. [ Note: The RC2 files that I posted yesterday were incorrectly produced. RC3 is identical to what RC2 should have been -- end note ] Known issues: * Errors when building libraries for visual studio: test and type_erasure. * Boost.Test fails when building on Darwin with gcc 4.9.2 The files (and associated md5s) are: MD5 (boost_1_60_0_b1_rc3.7z) = cfac18348700d0e6c1a0e4418a57e9aa MD5 (boost_1_60_0_b1_rc3.tar.bz2) = d3cb5a59e5b38555096814a6bfbcb441 MD5 (boost_1_60_0_b1_rc3.tar.gz) = db9b011547b8933454d0dfe31f7b8551 MD5 (boost_1_60_0_b1_rc3.zip) = 216c7cd0c15c096ece24d2649a272b51 Thanks! -- The release managers

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Seeking advice regarding inline namespaces
by Louis Dionne 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

Dear community, I am seeking advice regarding the usage of inline namespaces for header-only metaprogramming libraries. I was at Eric Niebler's talk on C++11 library design back in 2014, and I understand the problem that inline namespaces solve. I also read all of this past thread [1] on the mailing list, but did not find what I was looking for. I also understand how they can be useful for a normal header-only library __that would provide guarantees about ABI compatibility__. Indeed, if the ABI of the library changes from v1 to v2, then any client C1 exposing types from v1 in its interface and trying to link with a client C2 built against v2 will get a clean link-time error instead of a runtime error. Now, my question has several aspects: (1) How can you guarantee ABI compatibility from one version of a library to the next? IIUC, ABI can be broken by merely changing the size or the layout of a type, so guaranteeing backwards ABI compatibility means freezing those things in time, right? (2) Assuming that it is unreasonable for a library L to guarantee ABI compatibility from one version to the next, would there still be a reason to use inline namespaces to version that library? (3) When using inline namespaces to version a library (at all, not necessarily for header only libraries), are there other guidelines to follow? For example, I see that Eric Niebler's range-v3 library is all stuffed in the range/v3 subdirectory. IIUC, this would allow an eventual range-v4 library to cohabit with the range-v3 library, because people explicitly state which version of the library they're including. Is this the reason behind the v3 subdirectory? Any answer or pointer to answers is appreciated. Regards, Louis [1]: http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/type-traits-general-Best-practice-for-in… -- View this message in context: http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/Seeking-advice-regarding-inline-namespac… Sent from the Boost - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Boost 1.60.0 beta 1 Release Candidates available for testing
by Marshall Clow 12 Nov '15

12 Nov '15

Release candidate files for 1.60.0 beta 1 are available at http://boost.cowic.de/rc/ As always, the release managers would appreciate it if you download the candidate of your choice and give building it a try. Please report both success and failure, and anything else that is noteworthy. This helps ensure the candidates build OK before we push them out to SourceForge. IMPORTANT NOTE: The files (and associated md5s) are: MD5 (boost_1_60_0_b1_rc1.7z) = ac6b2128d951ad688421fde2d878c2a7 MD5 (boost_1_60_0_b1_rc1.tar.bz2) = 2fc232f255f1ce8868315da207c05b6b MD5 (boost_1_60_0_b1_rc1.tar.gz) = d594e10f2761abaf957a67c6a223d2a4 MD5 (boost_1_60_0_b1_rc1.zip) = 16a2d512fca7995d5fa421d13f841b0f Thanks! -- The release managers

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[property_tree iostreams smart_ptr] Warning fixes
by Joachim Faulhaber 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Dear all, I have submitted pull requests for mostly warning fixes. 3 of them are still open. https://github.com/boostorg/property_tree/pull/15/files https://github.com/boostorg/iostreams/pull/19 https://github.com/boostorg/smart_ptr/pull/18 Could someone merge them in, so we have this fixed for 1.60. That would be nice. Thanx in advance Joachim -- Interval Container Library [Boost.Icl] http://www.joachim-faulhaber.de

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Re: [boost] [Boost-users] Boost 1.60.0 beta 1 Release Candidates available for testing
by Tom Kent 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 12:05 AM, Raffi Enficiaud < raffi.enficiaud(a)mines-paris.org> wrote: > Le 10/11/15 00:05, Tom Kent a écrit : > >> On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Marshall Clow <mclow.lists(a)gmail.com >> <mailto:mclow.lists@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Release candidate files for 1.60.0 beta 1 are available at >> http://boost.cowic.de/rc/ >> >> As always, the release managers would appreciate it if you download >> the candidate of your choice and give building it a try. Please report >> both success and failure, and anything else that is noteworthy. >> >> >> Errors when building libraries for visual studio: test and type_erasure. >> I've grabbed the repeated outputs and posted below. Full logs are at: >> >> 32-Bit: https://gist.github.com/teeks99/bed0ef4204d24677fa4e >> 64-Bit: https://gist.github.com/teeks99/6d0358817ddfe43724f7 >> >> Tom >> > > I have a fix for MSVC but some problems have also been reported for gcc4.4 > c++0x mode. I can merge the fix for MSVC to develop and/or master once > reopened. > > Raffi > Since it is preventing building of the release binaries, I think this should be merged before the beta is released. Tom

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[1.60][spirit] Unmerged changes prevent compilation
by Andrey Semashev 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

Hi, The latest 1.60 beta RC fails to build Boost.Log because some changes in Boost.Spirit has not been merged to master. At least these patches need to be merged to master: 1. Fix the duplicate definition of strip_single_element_vector specialization: https://github.com/boostorg/spirit/commit/4d8899fdfe26237d6d983a7ac5528d00f… 2. Fix an attempt to construct an instance of none_t: https://github.com/boostorg/spirit/commit/534cf39f15ced047359ee8b6dfe434635… 3. Although it's not strictly a build breaker, this change fixes a bunch of warnings about signed/unsigned mismatch: https://github.com/boostorg/spirit/pull/140 After applying those patches to the RC Boost.Log builds successfully. These commits and the PR has been in develop for quite some time, could someone merge them to master, please?

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[Range] sorted and randomized adaptors
by Mohammed El-Afifi 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

Hello everybody, I know this might have been raised a few times before in this mailing list, but I'd like to know if it's possible(or otherwise what would prevent) to have sorted and randomized adaptors so that I may have a sorted and randomized view of a range respectively. Something like vector<int> x; // operations to fill x x | boost::adaptors::sorted; x | boost::adaptors::randomized;// That one might also take an optional random generator as a parameter. I understand that in this case the adaptor isn't entirely lazy as the adapted(x here) must be completely consumed before producing a single element in the resulting range. I want to know however if having such adaptors may contradict any basic principles of the existing adaptors. P.S. Two other threads I found that discussed the same idea(for sorted only): - http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2009/03/149247.php - http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2006/05/105122.php

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Seeking feedback on SegmentedTreeSeq (sequence data structure with efficient random access insert and erase)
by Chris Clearwater 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

Greetings, At this time I would like to solicit feedback for my library SegmentedTreeSeq. It is an implementation of a counted B+Tree that allows efficient random access insert and erase. It's an ideal data structure for an application such as a text editor. I am also seeking interested reviewers as I feel it has reached a state that is ready for formal review. Features: - Implements the union of std::vector, std::deque, and std::list interfaces. - Implements the C++11 allocator model. - Implements the full C++14 interfaces including emplacement and move semantics. - O(log n) to obtain an iterator at any position. - O(log n) insert and erase. - Amortized O(log n) iterator movement. - Strong exception guarantee for insert. - Support for incomplete types. - SCARY iterators. - Best in class performance for many operations. - Low memory overhead for data of any type. Links: - Incubator: http://rrsd.com/blincubator.com/bi_library/segmentedtreeseq-2/?gform_post_i… - Repository: https://github.com/det/segmented_tree_seq - Documentation: https://det.github.io/segmented_tree_seq Thanks, Chris

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[1.60.0] Release Notes
by Daniel James 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

Hello everyone, If you haven't done so already, please can you add your entries to the release notes. Easiest way to do so is to create a pull request by clicking on the pencil icon at the top right of the source code at: https://github.com/boostorg/website/blob/master/feed/history/boost_1_60_0.q… Or if you prefer you can email me. thanks, Daniel

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[regression] Test results unavailable
by Andrey Semashev 07 Nov '15

07 Nov '15

Hi, Is anyone able to see develop test results? I'm seeing a blank page.

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[build] How do I build for windows phone?
by John Maddock 06 Nov '15

06 Nov '15

Boost.Build evidently has options for building for windows store and windows phone. The store builds work fine for me, but the phone builds fail as there is no compiler on the command line generated: ../../../bjam config_info msvc-14.0 windows-api=phone -d2 ...found 179 targets... ...updating 5 targets... file ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\config\test\config_info.test\msvc-14.0\debug\link-static\runtime-link-static\windows-api-phone\config_info.obj.rsp "config_info.cpp" -Fo"..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\config\test\config_info.test\msvc-14.0\debug\link-static\runtime-link-static\windows-api-phone\config_info.obj" -TP /Z7 /Od /Ob0 /W3 /GR /Zc:forScope /Zc:wchar_t /MTd /wd4675 /EHs -c -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -DWINAPI_FAMILY=WINAPI_FAMILY_PHONE_APP -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0602 "-I..\..\.." compile-c-c++ ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\config\test\config_info.test\msvc-14.0\debug\link-static\runtime-link-static\windows-api-phone\config_info.obj /Zm800 -nologo @"..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\config\test\config_info.test\msvc-14.0\debug\link-static\runtime-link-static\windows-api-phone\config_info.obj.rsp" '/Zm800' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? BTW I can't find any docs mentioning these options - and it's something end users building Boost may well need? Finally a supplementary question: has anyone succeeded in running regression tests on either the store or phone platforms? If I run: /bjam config_info msvc-14.0 windows-api=store I get: testing.capture-output ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\config\test\config_info.test\msvc-14.0\debug\link-static\runtime-link-static\windows-api-store\config_info.run ====== BEGIN OUTPUT ====== Access is denied. EXIT STATUS: 5 Along with a screen message saying the app can't be run on my PC. Any ideas? Many thanks, John.

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[thread] boost::future::then
by Vladimir Prus 06 Nov '15

06 Nov '15

Hi, looking through docs for some other futures implementation [1], I see this: Why not use boost::future? # At the time of writing, 1.53 (the first version with the requisite features) was brand new, not well-tested, and not available to [...] developers. It is still a bit buggy/bleeding-edge They haven't fleshed out the threading model very well yet, e.g. every single then currently spawns a new thread unless you explicitly ask it to work on this thread only, and executor support was nonexistent (and now, is still experimental). Now, 1.53 is ancient. Can anybody comment on these statements regarding boost::future::thread state in 1.59? In particular, suppose I have this: // Thread 1 boost::promise<int> pi; boost::future<int> fi = pi.get_future(); // pass pi to thread 2 somehow fi.then(....); // Thread 2 pi.set_value(100); And I want continuation to be executed in thread 1, assuming that thread 1 runs Qt event loop, allowing me to use QTimer::singleShot, or queued signal, or similar mechanism. How would I go about making boost::future do it? Has anybody done so? Thanks, Volodya

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The release branch will close tonight for the 1.60 beta
by Marshall Clow 05 Nov '15

05 Nov '15

Please do not merge to the release branch after tonight until the 1.60 beta is released (scheduled for next Wednesday) unless you have specific approval from the release managers. Thank you. (There will be a chance to merge bug fixes and documentation updates after the beta) -- Marshall (and the rest of the release managers)

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[config] macro for portable restrict and restrict references
by Joel FALCOU 04 Nov '15

04 Nov '15

I pushed a PR that adds the macro BOOST_RESTRICT to take place of the compielr specific __restrcict/__restrict__ keyword. It also comes with an indicator if said keyword can be applied to references. https://github.com/boostorg/config/pull/81 Comments welcome.

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[String Algo] Any reason the predicates don't optimize for random access iterators?
by Nevin Liber 04 Nov '15

04 Nov '15

I was looking in boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp and noticed that that the predicates *starts_with, *ends_with, *contains and *equals don't optimize for random access iterators. While I haven't done any benchmarks yet, it seems like it would be faster for random access iterators to do an O(1) length check at the beginning and then while looping only check one iterator against its end instead of two. Thoughts? Nevin :-) -- Nevin ":-)" Liber <mailto:nevin@c <nevin(a)eviloverlord.com>plusplusguy.com> (847) 691-1404

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[test][serialization] Fwd: [Boost-testing] regression testing failure on develop branch
by Rene Rivera 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Aparna Kumta <aparna.kumta(a)oracle.com> Date: Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 2:42 PM Subject: [Boost-testing] regression testing failure on develop branch To: Running Boost regression tests <boost-testing(a)lists.boost.org> My regresion tests are failing on develop branch as follows: error: at /export/home/boost_regression_develop/boost_sparc-S2_stlport4/boost_bb/src/kernel/modules.jam:107 error: Unable to find file or target named error: 'test_boost_array.cpp' error: referred to from project at error: '../libs/serialization/test' Anyone seeing this issue? Thanks, Aparna _______________________________________________ Boost-Testing mailing list Boost-Testing(a)lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-testing -- -- Rene Rivera -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Robot Dreams - http://robot-dreams.net -- rrivera/acm.org (msn) - grafikrobot/aim,yahoo,skype,efnet,gmail

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Interest in a Boost.Chrono/Date library
by Vicente J. Botet Escriba 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

Hi, maybe some of you have already see the Howard Hinnant presentation at CppCOn2015 [1] about his new data-v2 library [2]. My prototype of Boost.Chrono/Date library ([3] ] was based on the Howard original library, but when we want to reach the maximum of performances we need to use a specific date class for each usage. This is what Howard explains in his marvelous presentation ans his tiny date library My post here wants to know if there is interest in a library providing what H.H. date library provides in Boost. Note that his data-v2 library yet doesn't provides as much as Boost.Date provides but IMHO it is much elegant and efficient. If there is enough interest, I will request you to do a first review of the H.H. Date-V2 library. Then once we have a consensus I will make my POC Chrono/Date library ready for review. H.H. Date-V2 is under MIT license, which IIRC is compatible with the Boost license. I don't know yet if would need to add this license, as my POC [3] is already a good starting point, nevertheless, I would like to know if there could be any issues about having the source under both licenses. Best, Vicente [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzyGjOm8AKo [2] https://github.com/HowardHinnant/date [3] https://github.com/viboes/chrono_date/commits/master First commit Nov/2011 Last-Mars2014

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Math tools polynomial enhancements
by Jeremy Murphy 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

I was just looking at the polynomial class and thinking that it could be enhanced substantially with more operators. Presumably with division and remainder it would be a Euclidean ring and then you could even call gcd on it. I have a draft implementation ready but I wanted to check that there is interest from the maintainers. Cheers. Jeremy

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[base_from_member][sun-next_cpp11] problem with variadics at base_from_member
by Joaquín M López Muñoz 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

Hi, In 2012, boost::base_from_member was equipped with variadics machinery to perfect-forward construction arguments to the contained member. Unfortunately, Solaris Studio 12.5 on Intel chokes on it (http://tinyurl.com/no7trgb ): "../boost/utility/base_from_member.hpp", line 137: Error: Parameter pack 'x' not expanded with '...' [...] Oddly enough, the same compiler does work fine on Sparc. May I suggest that lines 129-132 of boost/utility/base_from_member.hpp #if !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES) && \ !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES) && \ !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_DEFAULT_ARGS) && \ !(defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ == 4) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ < 4)) be added a special provision for this environment (the same way it already has for GCC 4 and prior)? #if !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES) && \ !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES) && \ !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_DEFAULT_ARGS) && \ !(defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ == 4) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ < 4)) && \ !(defined(__SUNPRO_CC) && defined(__i386) && (__SUNPRO_CC <= 0x5140)) I can't unfortunately test this myself as I don't have access to the compiler. FWIW, my interest in having this fixed is that it's seemingly the only bug preventing Oracle Solaris Studio 12.5 on Intel from supporting Boost.MultiIndex. Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica

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[GitHub] [PR] setting default branch to 'develop'
by Michel Morin 01 Nov '15

01 Nov '15

Hi, We sometimes forget to change the base branch of PR from 'master' to 'develop', even if we know PR should be made against 'develop' branch! To prevent from accidentally making PR against master branch, it'd be nice to **set the default branch to 'develop' branch** for Boost repositories on GitHub. (Then, the default base branch of PR would be set to 'develop' branch.) To change the default branch, it takes just a few clicks on web browser: https://help.github.com/articles/setting-the-default-branch/ Thoughts? Regards, Michel P.S. Some libraries have already done this, but most of Boost libraries don't do this yet.

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