January 2018 - Boost - lists.boost.org

CMake Announcement from Boost Steering Committee
by Jon Kalb 13 Aug '24

13 Aug '24

The libraries produced by the Boost community have had a greater impact on the way that the C++ community writes code than any other library implementation. The focus of the Boost community will always be on the libraries, but it is undeniable that we are dependent on and often limited by the infrastructure of our trade. Years ago, the move to Git was contentious; yet, it was required to improve development. In a similar vein our build system has become an impediment for many developers and users, existing and prospective. Therefore, we, the Steering Committee, announce to the Boost community our desire and intent to move Boost’s build system to CMake for users and developers alike. We are soliciting comments and proposals from the community to guide the process and the goals. Our desire is that the community can come to consensus by the end of the calendar year with a vision of supporting users and developers. We understand that the actual process of achieving the end goal will be long, time consuming, and not without its share of conflict. We also recognize that the Boost community is comprised of bright and passionate individuals that are eager to get involved and help get work done. The members of the Steering Committee have been encouraged by the discussions and activity surrounding CMake on the mailing lists over the years and know that many people have voiced visions. We hope that each of you rejoins the discussion to support this initiative and contributes to the common goal of improving Boost’s integration into the broader C++ ecosystem. For the Boost Steering Committee, Jon Kalb, Chair jonkalb(a)boost.org

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[foreach][polygon][xpressive][bimap][ptr_container][gil][assign][typeof][msm] PRs for removing executable attribute for files
by Edward Diener 08 Mar '18

08 Mar '18

The following libraries still have PRs, which I have previously submitted, for removing the executable attribute for one or more files: foreach polygon xpressive bimap ptr_container gil assign typeof msm None of these PRs affect anything other than the file attribute, so no testing is needed AFAICS since no code changes. If the maintainers of the above libraries, or someone else with write access to these libraries, can merge the appropriate PR to 'develop', and then merge 'develop' to 'master', we can get rid of having any files with their executable attribute set in the next release.

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[yap] Re-announcing Yap
by Zach Laine 23 Feb '18

23 Feb '18

I posted 2-3 months ago about Yap, an expression template library I've written that I intend to propose for Boost. This is just a reminder that the library exists, and where to find it. I'm giving a talk about it at C++Now 2017, and some time after that I intend to submit it to the queue. Louis Dionne has offered to serve as review manager when the time comes. You can find the main repo on GitHub: https://github.com/tzlaine/yap And online docs are here: https://tzlaine.github.io/yap Zach

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Query for interest in library: reflective enum
by Nir Friedman 23 Feb '18

23 Feb '18

Hello, I recently needed a reflective enum for work (that is an enum where you can programmatically convert to and from strings, know how many enumerators there are, and iterate over all enumerators). I looked online but I didn't find anything that met my requirements. I was surprised that there wasn't one in Boost. So I'd like to see if there is interest; I wrote an implementation that I think has several nice features. The most polished existing smart enum implementation I could find was http://aantron.github.io/better-enums/. However, the enum implemented there is not a true enum; it uses a nested member of a class kind of approach. So for example, the is_enum type trait will not recognize is as an enum. You cannot use it as a non-type template parameter. I strongly think that a good generic smart enum macro should generate the exact "vanilla" enum (or enum class) declaration. My library's syntax looks like this: WISE_ENUM(Foo, BAR, (BAZ, 3)) This generates, among other things, exactly: enum Foo { BAR, BAZ=3}; I intend this as an explicit guarantee of the library that the programmer can count on. That way when Foo is used for things unrelating to reflection, the developer can be confident that there will not be any surprises. Beyond compatability with C++ facilities for enums, and minimizing surprise, another advantage of this approach is that it's guaranteed to be backwards compatible. An existing codebase with an existing enum/enum class can switch to this smart enum with very high confidence that existing code will continue to work as before. The WISE_ENUM macro, beyond generating the vanilla enum, also generates a switch-case function for to-string conversion (for maximal efficiency), and finally it generates a constexpr function that returns a std::array<std::pair<const char*, Foo>> listing all of the arrays and their string descriptions. This constexpr function, which is found via ADL, allows writing a sequence of (constexpr) variables and functions providing the rest of the desired functionality. Usage looks like this: std::cerr << "My enum's size is : " << wise_enum::size<Foo> // this is constexpr template variable auto x = wise_enum::from_string<Foo>("BAR").value(); // from_string returns an optional auto y = wise_enum::to_string(x); // y is string literal, no heap allocation My implementation (POC level) is here: https://github.com/quicknir/wise_enum. I don't yet have separate macros to cover enum/enum class/explicit/implicit backing type combinations. It's only about 100 lines of code, leaning heavily on BOOST_PP to do the heavy lifting. It requires variadic macros, and can probably target C++11 (if it doesn't already). I probably need to "comma harden" the macros for bizarre stuff like WISE_ENUM(Foo, (BAR, my_func<3,4>())). It has the limitation that the macro cannot be used inside a class (this is hard to workaround for reflective macros). It's also unclear how repeated enumeration values would be handled (enum Foo { BAR = 1, BAZ = 1}). As it stands this will cause a compilation failure in the generated switch case of the to_string function. Can discuss more in subsequent emails. One suggested feature is an is_contiguous trait. Another reasonable bit of functionality might be an is_wise_enum trait. Version 2 of this library could target enum sets. Although it's not fancy, I think this nicely covers a piece of functionality I often need, and it does so avoiding any downside compared to using a simple enum (beyond having to use macros). Hope other people will agree! Cheers, Nir

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[release notes] Linking to github issues/pull requests
by Daniel James 14 Feb '18

14 Feb '18

Hi, I've added templates for linking to github issues and pull requests from the release notes. There are two templates: [github module number] which expands to '#number' [github_pr module number] which expands to 'PR#number'. Both will be linked, they need the name of the module to link to the right place. We only really need the issue template as github redirects to the pull request if appropriate, but existing release notes have been using the PR#3 format, so I thought it should support that. You can see an example in the unordered release notes for 1.67.0: https://github.com/boostorg/website/blob/master/feed/history/boost_1_67_0.q… http://www.boost.org/users/history/in_progress.html Does that look okay? Daniel

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[review] Review of Outcome v2 (Fri-19-Jan to Sun-28-Jan, 2018)
by charleyb123 . 09 Feb '18

09 Feb '18

Hi, Everyone, The formal review of Niall Douglas' Outcome (v2) library begins Fri-19-Jan and continues until Sun-28-Jan, 2018. Your participation is encouraged, as the proposed library is uncoupled and focused, and reviewers do not need to be domain experts to appreciate the potential usefulness of the library and to propose improvements. Everyone needs (and has suffered) error handling, and can compose an opinion on that topic. Outcome is a header-only C++14 library providing expressive and very lightweight 'outcome<T>' and 'result<T>' error handling, suitable for low-latency code bases. The library further provides mechanisms for wrapping '<success|error|exception>' state to safely wrap throwing APIs; and poses an idiom of, "islands of exception in a sea of noexcept". Key features: *- Makes using 'std::error_code' from C++11's <system_error> more convenient and safe *- Good focus on low-latency (with tests and benchmarks) *- Error-handling algorithmic composition with-or-without C++ exceptions enabled *- Dependency only on Boost Recall a previous Outcome (v1) Boost Review occurred 19-May to 02-June 2017: *- Outcome (v1) Review Report: *- https://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2017/06/235783.php This review for Outcome (v2) includes significant changes as a result of feedback from the Outcome (v1) review. For a list of changes (v1==>v2), see: *- https://github.com/ned14/outcome#changes-since-v1 Reference API docs: *- https://ned14.github.io/outcome/reference/ GitHub: *- https://github.com/ned14/boost-outcome Tarball: *- https://github.com/ned14/boost-outcome/releases/tag/v2. 0-boost-peer-review Online "play-pen" (try it out!): *- https://wandbox.org/permlink/Ji1khzyxoAR0LJQC YOUR REVIEW --------------------- Please post your comments and review to the boost mailing list (preferably), or privately to the Review Manager (to me ;-). Here are some questions you might want to answer in your review: - What is your evaluation of the design? - What is your evaluation of the implementation? - What is your evaluation of the documentation? - What is your evaluation of the potential usefulness of the library? - Did you try to use the library? With what compiler? Did you have any problems? - How much effort did you put into your evaluation? A glance? A quick reading? In-depth study? - Are you knowledgeable about the problem domain? And most importantly: - Do you think the library should be accepted as a Boost library? For more information about Boost Formal Review Process, see: http://www.boost.org/community/reviews.html Thank you very much for your time and efforts. --charley Outcome (v2) Review Manager

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[gsoc18][boost.intrusive]
by Rishabh Arora 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

Hello Boost Community, I have proposed a project as a mentor for Google Summer of Code '18, as a new addition to the Boost.Intrusive library. The details about the project proposal and the competency test can be found here: https://github.com/ boostorg/boost/wiki/Boost-Google-Summer-of-Code-2018 (Project-5). All the interested candidates can contact me and send me their competency test on the following e-mail: rishabharora1997(a)gmail.com Best Regards, Rishabh

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[serialization] uuid test_serialization ubsan error
by James E. King, III 02 Feb '18

02 Feb '18

I'm getting a ubsan test error in uuid/test/test_serialization - is the code in that test using archive the right way? testing.capture-output ../../../bin.v2/libs/uuid/test/test_serialization.test/gcc-7/debug/link-static/threadapi-pthread/test_serialization.run ====== BEGIN OUTPUT ====== ../../../boost/archive/detail/interface_oarchive.hpp:47:16: runtime error: downcast of address 0x7ffca0c6fe30 which does not point to an object of type 'text_oarchive' 0x7ffca0c6fe30: note: object is of type 'boost::archive::text_oarchive_impl<boost::archive::text_oarchive>' 00 00 00 00 e0 2f 78 8f 48 56 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ vptr for 'boost::archive::text_oarchive_impl<boost::archive::text_oarchive>' EXIT STATUS: 1 ====== END OUTPUT ====== Thanks, Jim

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[GSOC18] Boost.Geometry Project 1 : Similarity between geometries
by sagarvijaygupta 31 Jan '18

31 Jan '18

I am Sagar Gupta, a student of IIT Mandi, pursuing my Bachelors in Computer Science. I want to work on the Project 1 of Similarity between Geometries. I read the source code of geometry and regarding the Frechet distance and its different variations and tried to work with it. Also I tried the competency test. Its my first time for GSOC but I have some good experience in C++ (from different projects and competitive programming). I wish to know where should I send the competency test? I wish to work on this project as it is a great learning experience which I realized while working on the implementation of Frechet Distance between linestrings. Thanks and Regards Sagar Gupta -- Sent from: http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/Boost-Dev-f2600599.html

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International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2018): Call for Submissions!
by International Conference on Information Society 31 Jan '18

31 Jan '18

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