June 2019 - Boost - lists.boost.org

Release tags request..
by Rene Rivera 24 Jun '19

24 Jun '19

B2 is doing it's own "out of band" (aka independent) releases. In order to avoid confusion.. Can the Boost release process please avoid tagging the build subrepo with the Boost release tags from now on? -- -- Rene Rivera -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Robot Dreams - http://robot-dreams.net

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[boost-users] [compiler] Boost VC++ 14.2 test compiler
by Alex J 24 Jun '19

24 Jun '19

Hi, Does anybody know when VC++ 14.2 will be added as a 'primary compiler tested' ?. At the moment there is only VC++ 14.1. Thanks

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Travis CI again.
by John Maddock 23 Jun '19

23 Jun '19

Sorry, but I need help, and simply can not see what's going wrong with: https://github.com/boostorg/config/pull/286. Travis doesn't even seem to be building the same code as has been pushed? And until I can get CI functioning again here, and in other libraries, nothing gets merged to master :( Sorry if I'm being dense, and thanks in advance, John. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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[release] 1.71.0 deadline for new libraries approaching
by Michael Caisse 22 Jun '19

22 Jun '19

One week from today master will closed for new libraries and breaking changes. Thanks, -- The Boost Release Team Boost Calendar with the release schedule: <http://www.boost.org/development/index.html>

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[process][type_erasure] Including both process and type_erasure creates duplicate definitions in mp11 and fusion
by Jared McIntyre 21 Jun '19

21 Jun '19

I've found that type_erasure::any and process::child conflict with each other in how they use mp11 and fusion. The issue may be specific to compiling the process library on Windows as it occurs in calls through detail headers in the library that are specific to Windows, and I haven't tested on other platforms.. #include <boost/type_erasure/any.hpp> #include <boost/process/child.hpp> Order doesn't matter. 1>c:\<removed>\boost\boost\fusion\adapted\std_tuple\tag_of.hpp(38): error C2953: 'boost::mpl::sequence_tag<std::tuple<_Types...>>': class template has already been defined 1>c:\<removed>\boost\boost\mp11\mpl.hpp(155): note: see declaration of 'boost::mpl::sequence_tag<std::tuple<_Types...>>' Boost 1.67, 1.70 VS 2017 (5.9.12)

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[boost-developers] [MSVC142] When is boost going to add MSVC 14.2 as a test compiler
by Alex J 21 Jun '19

21 Jun '19

Hi, I can see that boost has updated their code to support MSVC14.2 builds. However according to latest 1.70 docs, they are not testing on 14.2 compiler. When can we expect boost to include 14.2 as one of their primary test compilers ? Thanks Alex

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Re: [boost] [release] 1.71.0 deadline for new libraries approaching
by Kenneth Porter 20 Jun '19

20 Jun '19

Can we get this fix into the crc library? It fixes a warning in MSVC compilers. <https://github.com/boostorg/crc/pull/2>

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CMake config scripts broken in 1.70
by Alexander Grund 19 Jun '19

19 Jun '19

Hi all, I discovered a severe logic flaw in the generated CMake Config files for the new Boost 1.70 which make them almost unusable. As an example the static variant contains: if(NOT"${Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS}"STREQUAL""ANDNOTBoost_USE_STATIC_LIBS) _BOOST_SKIPPED("libboost_filesystem.a""static, Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=${Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS}") return() endif() if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS) _BOOST_SKIPPED("libboost_filesystem.a""static, BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}, set Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON to override") return() endif() The shared variant contains: if(NOT"${Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS}"STREQUAL""ANDBoost_USE_STATIC_LIBS) _BOOST_SKIPPED("libboost_filesystem.so.1.70.0""shared, Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=${Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS}") return() endif() if(NOTBUILD_SHARED_LIBS) _BOOST_SKIPPED("libboost_filesystem.so.1.70.0""shared, BUILD_SHARED_LIBS not ON, set Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=OFF to override") return() endif() Although the message text says otherwise the 2nd return in both cases depends solely on BUILD_SHARED_LIBS. I'm pretty sure the intention was too check for BUILD_SHARED_LIBS *only* if Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS is not set (see thread https://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2019/02/245030.php) As can be seen this is not the case. I haven't found the repo which contains the code that generates this so I can't report it there or fix it myself. As the issue here makes using Boost 1.70 (almost) impossible (in Scenarios like BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON (a CMake variable influencing the project build) and Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON) I'd recommend fixing this and pushing out a bugfix release. Regards, Alexander Grund

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Re: [boost] [Boost.Config] Detect compiler support for std::current_exception
by dariomt＠gmail.com 19 Jun '19

19 Jun '19

> > >>> 2) How can I test proper support for std::current_exception() and > >>> std::rethrow_exception() if exceptions are disabled for the test? > >> > >> You should probably condition your test on BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS and make > >> the test no-op when exceptions are disabled. > > > > But that defeats the whole purpose of having tests. > > Not really. You would still test the facilities when exceptions are > enabled. OTOH, I don't see why would anyone care about these components > when exceptions are disabled. > > If the Jamfile disables exceptions for the library tests, then I think I need to care. Otherwise this config macro would be untested. > > I think I should at least use the type std::exception_ptr, and make sure > > the functions std::current_exception() and std::rethrow_exception() exist > > (even if I cannot test that they actually work as expected at runtime). > > > > I think the following should work, and at least the test tests something > > when exceptions are off: > > > > using std::exception_ptr; > > auto current = &std::current_exception; > > auto rethrow = &std::rethrow_exception; > > > > What do you think? > > If it works, that would be fine by me. I don't disable exceptions and I > don't know whether the standard library components related to exceptions > stay available when exceptions are disabled. I wouldn't be surprised if > they don't (now or in a future version of the standard library > implementation). In any case, as I said, I don't see anyone using these > components when exceptions are disabled, so not much point in testing. > > In the end I settled for using std::exception_ptr; using std::current_exception; using std::rethrow_exception; because some old version of clang had issues with auto, sigh... The problem now is that something else is broken in the CI tests, but I'm quite confident that the tests should pass in all of msvc, gcc, clang I'd like to ask for the PR #285 to be merged into develop please ( https://github.com/boostorg/config/pull/285) Thanks!

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Ticket #9804 - polygon intersection
by Michael Knafo MTH 19 Jun '19

19 Jun '19

Hello ! I have encountered the same problem described in bug #9804: "The result of an intersection is sometimes equal to one of the input polygons, when the result should be empty". https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/9804 Does anyone knows if this bug was fixed and in which boost version ? Is there any version release notes related to this bug ? Alternatively, does anybody know what cause this problem ? Thanks Michael *********************************************************************************************** Please consider the environment before printing this email ! The information contained in this communication is proprietary to Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. and/or third parties, may contain confidential or privileged information, and is intended only for the use of the intended addressee thereof. If you are not the intended addressee, please be aware that any use, disclosure, distribution and/or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you receive this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your computer. Thank you. Visit us at: www.iai.co.il

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Proposed for inclusion in boost: a C++11 span
by Hans Dembinski 17 Jun '19

17 Jun '19

Dear all, I started to work on a C++11 implementation of std::span. The interface will be an exact mirror of std::span, https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/container/span. Having a drop-in replacement of std::span for systems with older compilers in Boost seems like a very good idea. Is anyone else already working on this? I am happy to join forces. Coding down the span took me an hour, but several more hours will go into unit testing and documenting. Best regards, Hans

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Re: [boost] [Boost.Config] Detect compiler support for std::current_exception
by dariomt＠gmail.com 17 Jun '19

17 Jun '19

> > > > > However, in my test I throw and catch exceptions: > > But the CI jobs have gcc and clang configured to compile without > exception > > support! > I have two questions: > > > > 1) Where are exceptions disabled in the CI jobs? I can't find it in > > the .travis.yml, > > but I can see e.g. clang being invoked with -fno-exceptions > > It's in the test/Jamfile.v2 file, look for <exception-handling>off. > Thanks! > > > 2) How can I test proper support for std::current_exception() and > > std::rethrow_exception() if exceptions are disabled for the test? > > You should probably condition your test on BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS and make > the test no-op when exceptions are disabled. > But that defeats the whole purpose of having tests. I think I should at least use the type std::exception_ptr, and make sure the functions std::current_exception() and std::rethrow_exception() exist (even if I cannot test that they actually work as expected at runtime). I think the following should work, and at least the test tests something when exceptions are off: using std::exception_ptr; auto current = &std::current_exception; auto rethrow = &std::rethrow_exception; What do you think?

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CI: clang installation broken in current Travis build images
by John Maddock 17 Jun '19

17 Jun '19

Currently, pretty much all attempts at installing clang on the travis build images is failing: https://travis-ci.org/boostorg/config/builds/546084433?utm_source=github_st…. And since all the boost libraries have pretty much copied each others .travis.yml files, this means that most PR's for most libraries will be failing. Anyone any ideas? Thanks, John. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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[boostrap.bat] compilation error
by Raffi Enficiaud 16 Jun '19

16 Jun '19

I have the following during the compilation of bootsrap/b2: d:\bamboo_build_dir\rs-bcb233-vc2008win\library\tools\build\src\engine\sysinfo.h(41) : error C2864: 'b2::system_info::cpu_core_count_' : only static const integral data members can be initialized within a class d:\bamboo_build_dir\rs-bcb233-vc2008win\library\tools\build\src\engine\sysinfo.h(42) : error C2864: 'b2::system_info::cpu_thread_count_' : only static const integral data members can be initialized within a class Current develop (yesterday), Raffi

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[Range] pr for bug in any_range / development/maintenance status
by Max Jendruk 14 Jun '19

14 Jun '19

Hello everyone, I submitted a bugfix on Github about a month ago that fixes an issue where passing a (non-reference) value type as Reference parameter to any_range could lead to undefined behaviour. The issue has been known for a while (5 years). I would like to know when I can expect this to be merged. Also, is there a general review cycle that I'm not aware of? There are still a couple of other pull requests open, some of which were opened over a year ago. Just by looking at the activity on Github, it's difficult to determined how actively Boost.Range is still being maintained. What is the development/maintenance status of the library? I'm wondering whether it would be worth the time implementing a few more adaptors similar to those in the C++20 standard like take_view, join_view, and all_view, which I'd be happy to do. Are additions to the library still being accepted at this point? Best regards, Max

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[regression tests] Regression test pages not updating since June 4th
by Joaquin M López Muñoz 11 Jun '19

11 Jun '19

Thank you, Joaquín M López Muñoz

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[out_ptr] Review scheduled for June 16 to June 26
by Zach Laine 10 Jun '19

10 Jun '19

This is a heads-up that out_ptr has been scheduled for review, starting next Sunday, June 16. From JenHeyd's earlier post about the library: " Documentation: https://github.com/ThePhD/out_ptr/blob/master/docs/out_ptr.adoc Repository: https://github.com/ThePhD/out_ptr <https://github.com/ThePhD/out_ptr/blob/master/docs/out_ptr.adoc> Standards Proposal: https://thephd.github.io/vendor/future_cxx/papers/d1132.html boost.out_ptr is a library for making it easy to interoperate between smart pointers and traditional C-style initialization and allocation interfaces. It also enables doing so in a way that allows library authors to opt into speed optimizations for their smart pointers that give them performance equivalent to typical C pointers (see benchmarks ( https://github.com/ThePhD/out_ptr/blob/master/docs/out_ptr/benchmarks.adoc) and the Standard C++ proposal for more details). " Please consider checking out the library now, and doing a review next week. It's a pretty small library; reviews should be pretty quick to do. Zach

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Re: [boost] [Boost.Stringify] Yet another formatting library.
by Roberto Hinz 09 Jun '19

09 Jun '19

On Sat, Jun 8, 2019 at 9:53 AM Helmut Zeisel <HZ2012(a)gmx.at> wrote: > Actually I did not check your library, but I would be interested in a > formatting library that is not based on functions, but on function objects. > > The usage would not be something like > > std::string s1 = to_string("base10", 15); > std::string s2 = to_string("base16", 42); > > but > > stringifier dec; > dec.set_base(10); > std::string s1=hex(15); > stringifier hex; > hex.set_base(16); > std::string s2=hex(42); > > To format values in Boost.Stringify, one does like this, for example: namespace strf = boost::stringify; int v = 255; std::string s = strf::to_string(v, " in hexadecimal is ", strf::hex(v)); assert(s == "255 in hexadecimal is ff"); So could maybe lambdas solve your need ? auto hex = [](int v){return strf::to_string(strf::hex(v)); }; auto dec = [](int v){return strf::to_string(v); }; auto s1 = hex(15); auto s2 = dec(42); assert(s1 == "f"); assert(s2 == "42"); > With a function object based interface, one could easily store and reuse > different formating options in parallel. > Not clear to me what you mean by that. Could you explain better ?

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[Boost.Stringify] Yet another formatting library.
by Roberto Hinz 08 Jun '19

08 Jun '19

Dear Boost Community, Naturally, any interest in a new formatting library must be lower now that fmtlib is approved into C++20. Still, I'm confident that the library I'm working on has great potential, so I would like to know your opinions. https://github.com/robhz786/stringify This is a locale-independent formatting library that: - has great performance ( almost twice as fast as fmtlib ) - can do things that others can't, like encoding conversion. - is highly customizable. Through "facets" you can specify things like numeric punctuation, encoding error handling, and the width calculation algorithm. - is highly extensible. Not only you can add new input types with own formatting options and facets, but also easily add new output types. The doc has an example of how to extend the library to write to QString ( from Qt ). Actually, I did announce this library about two years ago. But the design is much enhanced now. I believe it will be ready for review by the end of this year. But it may take longer. I much appreciate any feedback. Thank you. Roberto

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Setting up linter for boost library development
by Sagnik Dey 07 Jun '19

07 Jun '19

If someone has a linter setup with appropriate settings, can you please share details? I'm working on Boost.Real and would like to have a linter to help with coding style consistency. Help is appreciated. Thank You

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Re: [boost] [Boost.Config] Detect compiler support for std::current_exception
by dariomt＠gmail.com 06 Jun '19

06 Jun '19

> > >Are there instructions for developers that I've missed? > > There are some instructions here: > > > https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_70_0/libs/config/doc/html/boost_config/gui… > > Thanks! I was expecting developer guidelines in the github readme, not in the actual library docs! doh! I have made a PR #285 and after some trial and error (I only have VS2015 and VS2017 available to test locally) I think I have something. However, in my test I throw and catch exceptions: int test() { std::exception_ptr ep; try { throw 42; } catch(...) { ep = std::current_exception(); } try { std::rethrow_exception(ep); } catch(int i) { // return zero on success return i == 42 ? 0 : 1; } return 1; } But the CI jobs have gcc and clang configured to compile without exception support! And I get errors like: libs/config/test/boost_no_cxx11_hdr_exception.ipp:22:5: error: cannot use 'throw' with exceptions disabled throw 42; ^ libs/config/test/boost_no_cxx11_hdr_exception.ipp:20:3: error: cannot use 'try' with exceptions disabled try ^ I have two questions: 1) Where are exceptions disabled in the CI jobs? I can't find it in the .travis.yml, but I can see e.g. clang being invoked with -fno-exceptions 2) How can I test proper support for std::current_exception() and std::rethrow_exception() if exceptions are disabled for the test? Thanks!

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[ boost.out_ptr ] [ Review Endorsement ] New Library targeting C++11
by JeanHeyd Meneide 04 Jun '19

04 Jun '19

Dear Boost Community, After a lot of work and discussion in-person, via e-mail, and on the Slack, I would like to ask for the library boost.out_ptr <https://github.com/ThePhD/out_ptr/blob/master/docs/out_ptr.adoc> -- targeting C++11 -- to be endorsed for review. Documentation: ascii doc-ready and readable on GitHub <https://github.com/ThePhD/out_ptr/blob/master/docs/out_ptr.adoc> Repository: GitHub <https://github.com/ThePhD/out_ptr> Standards Proposal: p1132 <https://thephd.github.io/vendor/future_cxx/papers/d1132.html> (accepted for and targeting C++20) boost.out_ptr is a library for making it easy to interoperate between smart pointers and traditional C-style initialization and allocation interfaces. It also enables doing so in a way that allows library authors to opt-into speed optimizations for their smart pointers that give them performance equivalent to typical C pointers (see benchmarks <https://github.com/ThePhD/out_ptr/blob/master/docs/out_ptr/benchmarks.adoc> and the Standard C++ proposal <https://thephd.github.io/vendor/future_cxx/papers/d1132.html#perf> for more details). Many thanks to the in-person discussion during Library in a Week at C++Now, which helped shape the implementation and yield the final Rationale <https://github.com/ThePhD/out_ptr/blob/master/docs/out_ptr/rationale.adoc>. Many thanks to Ezra (eracpp) for a lot of the quick, easy-to-read examples that became part of the documentation. Sincerely, JeanHeyd Meneide

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Re: [boost] [Boost.Config] Detect compiler support for std::current_exception
by dariomt＠gmail.com 03 Jun '19

03 Jun '19

> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I'm working on a Boost.Exception issue [1] and I need to detect > compiler > >>> support of std::current_exception. In the issue there is a suggestion > to > >>> use #if __cplusplus > 199711L but that does not work for my use case > >>> (VS2015 reports __cplusplus = 199711L). > >> > >> MSVC defines _MSVC_LANG for this[1]. At least, it used to. However, it > >> would be cleaner to have a dedicated macro in Boost.Config for this. > >> > > Totally agree. > > > >> > >>> Is it possible to add a config macro for this? > >>> Or is there a good enough existing macro I can use? > >> > >> I don't think there is. Something like BOOST_NO_CXX11_HDR_EXCEPTION > >> would be useful. > > > > I would need to detect support for std::current_exception, not the > presence > > of header <exception>, so I would think that > > BOOST_NO_CXX11_CURRENT_EXCEPTION is what I need, right? > > BOOST_NO_CXX11_HDR_EXCEPTION, as all BOOST_NO_CXX11_HDR_* macros, detect > that the header not only exists, but is usable and contains all major > components described by the standard. In case of > BOOST_NO_CXX11_HDR_EXCEPTION, that would mean std::exception_ptr, > std::current_exception, std::rethrow_exception, std::make_exception_ptr, > etc. You need at least std::exception_ptr and std::current_exception. > Thanks, that makes sense! > > Should I open an issue in github for Boost.Config? > > Yes, or better yet - make a PR. > Added github Issue #284 [1], I'll try to come up with a PR. Wondering how deep the rabbit hole goes... ^_^ Regards [1] https://github.com/boostorg/config/issues/284

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